Bewilderment

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He's also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin's emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother's brain...

With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son's ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers's most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?

Author: Richard Powers
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 09/21/2021
Pages: 288
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780393881141


Award: Man Booker Prize - Nominee
Award: National Book Awards - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 30
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 07/26/2021
Library Journal 09/01/2021 pg. 62
Shelf Awareness 11/30/2021

About the Author
Powers, Richard: - Richard Powers has published thirteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. His most recent book, The Overstory, won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.