The Overstory

By Richard Powers

Categories: Literature & Fiction

There is a world alongside ours: vast, slow, interconnected, inventive, and almost invisible to us. Richard Powers's novel follows a handful of people who learn to see the world of trees and are drawn into the struggle to protect it. Unfolding in interlocking stories that range from nineteenth-century New York to the Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest, The Overstory is a sweeping tribute to the natural world.

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• Mark Manson
• Hugh Jackman
• Emilia Clarke
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• Tim Ferriss: “I recommend it to everyone”
• Jason Fried: “Started reading it. Outstanding. The writing is so clever, so luscious. Rich stories. And the trees! Already feels like it'll end up being one of my favorite books.”