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The Overstory
- Narrated by: Suzanne Toren
- Length: 22 hrs and 58 mins
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Brought to you by Penguin.
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by an unfolding natural catastrophe
An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. An Air Force crewmember in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan.
This is the story of these and five other strangers, each summoned in different ways by the natural world, who are brought together in a last stand to save it from catastrophe.
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Critic reviews
"Really, just one of the best novels, period." (Ann Patchett)
"The best book I’ve [listened to] in ten years." (Emma Thompson)
"Dazzlingly written." (Robert Macfarlane)
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- Ana Kinsella
- 02-09-21
five stars from me for this book about trees
excellent narration, beautifully executed. I enjoyed all of this from start to finish. recommend
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- Jan Wyllie
- 21-09-19
Slow growth old.forest
The story grows slowly like a forest becoming richer and more interconnected. Simultaneous lament and celebration.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-05-22
Wow!
I am speechless…. Power’s takes us on possibly the most important journey of realisation our species needs right now. Incredible.
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- Kindle Customer
- 10-12-20
As miraculous as the trees it cut down
Epic. Emotional. A message of utmost importance for humanity, if we are to remain here.
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- Ebru AW
- 12-12-18
late-comer plot
The books starts with individual and unrelated vignettes which are supposed to come together later in the book. I think it is the most sloppy and obvious kind of literary explication: taking pages to justify a plot that barely comes...
I got bored and uninterested in the book.
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- Coco
- 21-04-20
This book should be essential reading
Endless richness in this book!
I didn't expect such a long book to be so abundant in it's thoughtfulness and variety and artistry.
I didn't expect to, but I absolutely LOVED this book.
What a stunning achievement to tell such an inspiring, subtle, involving story about this moment in time.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-23
Amazing
Everyone needs to read this. It’s a modern day epic. Loved every second of it.
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- gregfclare
- 01-08-19
High Expectations
Despite feeling an affinity with the causes and dilemmas of the characters in their introductions, I didn't find I had a significant emotional response to their individual stories as the interweaving plot developed. There is one moment of dramatic and traumatic climax but after that I found that it was a rather flat ride to a rather flat conclusion.
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- mr a thomson
- 10-07-19
This book is one I will be recommending!!!
I find it hard to put into words how much this book impacted me. It is more like five stories which blend into one with an important message for us all. I loved it!
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- W R Kemble-Clarkson
- 18-06-19
Extraordinary, profound and timely
The story is an intricate, beautiful and captivating series of stories that intertwine and stretch over a century of life in America against a backdrop of man being largely blind to the wonders of trees and nature. A fascinating story about trees, humanity and how our past and futures are so closely linked.
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