The Echo Maker by Richard Powers is a powerful story. It won the 2006 National Book Award and was a 2007 Pulitzer Prize Finalist. William Kowinsky of Bookmarks wrote "The mysteries of perception and cognition, of normality and dysfunction of reality and dream -- all of them are louder echoes of the most pressing mystery that Powers begins to deal with: the neglected relationship of human beings with the rest of nature, as well as their own... there's an apocalyptic feel to The Echo Maker, with intimations of an imminent and unstoppable finality and of people dealing in their way with this fragility."
What does the title "The Echo Maker" mean to you?
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
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