Worlds in One Book
In each novel, I try to create multiple worlds simultaneously. It's like trying to play several symphonies on one instrument
Richard Powers
American novelist, Pulitzer Prize winner for The Overstory
All moments: Richard Powers
- Playground for Ideas — Richard Powers
A novel is a playground where ideas can meet and dance. Here reality loses its rigidity
- The Story of One Tree — Richard Powers
One tree contains an entire story. We're used to ignoring plants, but they have their own drama, beauty, and meaning
- The Bewilderment of the World — Richard Powers
We live in a state of bewilderment. But this bewilderment is not opposite to meaning, it's the door to it
- Sciences and Arts — Richard Powers
Science and art are not enemies. They are two ways humans try to understand the incomprehensible
- Complexity as Beauty — Richard Powers
I'm not afraid of complexity. Complexity is a way of respecting the reader and the world we live in
- Trees and Humans — Richard Powers
Trees teach us about time. They live for centuries, silently observing life. This seems to me a metaphor for ultimate truth
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