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The Overstory

Richard Powers

An expansive ecological novel about trees, people and time.

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Genre

Environmental fiction

Subgenre

Forest and activism novel

Original publication

3 April 2018

Original publisher

W. W. Norton

Pages

502

Format

Paperback, hardcover and ebook editions

Language

English

Setting

Multiple American landscapes and forests

ISBN

9780393356687

Original title

The Overstory

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About the book

Several human lives branch toward trees, forests, activism and a wider understanding of intelligence and time.

A major recommendation for readers asking about climate, ecology, trees, activism, interconnection and ambitious literary structure.

Powers gives trees narrative weight and asks readers to think beyond human-centered time.

It answers interest around climate fiction, environmental activism, forests and big contemporary literary novels.

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