The Time of our Singing by Richard Powers - ISBN: 9781804951828
Paperback
A mixed-race family’s pursuit of harmony clashes with America’s harsh realities.

The Time of our Singing

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  • Paperback

    640 pages

  • Release Date

    23 September 2025

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Summary

From the Booker-shortlisted author of The Overstory and Bewilderment

“There is no contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers… It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this” GUARDIAN

“Formidable… rewarding” SUNDAY TIMES

“An astonishing performance” NEW YORK TIMES

Jonah, Ruth, and Joseph are the children of mixed-race parents who aspire to raise them beyond the constraints of time and identity, immersi…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781804951828
ISBN-10:180495182X
Author:Richard Powers
Publisher:Cornerstone
Imprint:Penguin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:640
Release Date:23 September 2025
Weight:438g
Dimensions:198mm x 130mm x 40mm
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Critics Review

An epic novel of modern America that weaves ideas of race, music and science into a mysterious but satisfying tapestry … Endlessly fascinating * Independent *There is no contemporary American writer quite like Richard Powers … It is rare to find a novel as intellectually and emotionally engaging as this * Guardian *Formidable … rewarding * Sunday Times *A great hurtle of a book, telling several powerful stories at once … Strangely subtle and moving … an astonishing performance … Prodigious, illuminating and exhilarating * New York Times *Exhilarating … Astonishing * Literary Review *

About The Author

Richard Powers

Richard Powers has published fourteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

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