Description: The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin's emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother's brain... With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son's ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers's Book and Mortar Record Store Bewilderment -- Richard Powers 23.90 The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin's emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother's brain... With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son's ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers's most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet? Author: Richard Powers Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Published: 09/21/2021 Pages: 288 Binding Type: Hardcover Weight: 1.15lbs Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d ISBN: 9780393881141 Award: Man Booker Prize - Nominee Award: National Book Awards - Nominee Review Citation(s): Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 30 Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2021 Publishers Weekly 07/26/2021 Library Journal 09/01/2021 pg. 62 Shelf Awareness 11/30/2021
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Book Title: Bewilderment : a Novel
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
Topic: Family Life, Literary, Political
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2021
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 18.3 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Author: Richard Powers
Item Width: 6.3 in
Format: Hardcover
