Overstory But what begins as a

But what begins as a fight for survival soon leads to something much more: the birth of a new faith

approaches it with not only the encyclopedic fluency and passion of an obsessive fan but also the expertise and originality of an innovative participant

Most of us tend to think of the second half of life in chronological terms

the story bears witness to the richness of this country's diversity while remaining clear-eyed about the racial injustice endured by Black Americans

Overstory But what begins as aThe Overstory, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction, is a sweeping, impassioned work of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of and paean to the natural world. From the roots to the crown and back to the seeds, Richard Powers's twelfth novel unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. There is a world