![]() The strength of this novel is its examination of the characters and their relationships to nature. Powers uses these competing visions to create an intricate and philosophical, albeit sometimes uneven, look at the relationships we develop with each other and the greater world. Others, like several of the characters in this book, see deeper meaning in the towering trees and the forest’s undergrowth teeming with unnoticed life. ![]() Many look at a forest and see the countless resources that can come from it on a surface level: the houses that will be built from lumber the crops that will be grown on the cleared land and minerals underneath the ground that will be refined. However, there is an artistry in the natural world, something not everyone sees. At times, the book reads like a work of scientific study, with countless species of trees described in tireless detail by the author. Everything in it, including a large cast of main characters, is linked by interactions with trees. ![]() ‘The Overstory’ by Richard Powers, winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, is a novel of conflict, both quiet and deafeningly loud. ![]()
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