#1735: Richard Powers "Bewilderment" | The Book Show

October 19, 2021 00:27:40
#1735: Richard Powers "Bewilderment" | The Book Show
The Book Show
#1735: Richard Powers "Bewilderment" | The Book Show

Oct 19 2021 | 00:27:40

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Show Notes

Author Richard Powers won the Pulitzer Prize for the #1 New York Times bestseller, “The Overstory.” His latest novel, “Bewilderment,” has already been shortlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize and longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Fiction.

Photo courtesy of W.W. Norton.

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