The Overstory
by Powers, Richard
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 039363552X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393635522
- Seller
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Albany, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2018. First US Edition/First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A truly magnificent novel. First Edition stated with full number line 1-10. In brown boards with silver type to spine. A beautiful copy with sharp corners, clean interior and tight binding - appears unread. Jacket is nice and glossy.
Synopsis
The Overstory is a novel by Richard Powers published in 2018 by W.W. Norton. It is Powers's twelfth novel. The novel is about nine Americans whose unique life experiences with trees bring them together to address the destruction of forests. Powers was inspired to write the work while teaching at Stanford University after he encountered giant redwood trees for the first time. On 20 September 2018, The Overstory was shortlisted for the 2018 Man Booker Prize.On 15 April 2019, it was awarded the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LPB007405RP
- Title
- The Overstory
- Author
- Powers, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First US Edition/First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 039363552X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393635522
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2018
- Bookseller catalogs
- American Literature;
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