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Why it matters
Powers makes ecological interdependence formally alive and challenges human-centered storytelling.
2019 selection · Literary fiction
The Overstory
Nine lives branch toward one another through inherited trees, science, art, activism, and loss. Their human stories become part of a much longer nonhuman timescale.
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You want an ambitious ensemble novel that may change how you see forests.
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