Richard Powers
2 SeriesRichard Powers is an American novelist renowned for exploring the impacts of modern science and technology in his works. His novel "The Echo Maker" won the National Book Award for Fiction in 2006, and "The Overstory" earned him the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2019.
Richard Powers' Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, *The Overstory*, explores the critical struggle between humans and nature. The narrative centers on a diverse group of individuals who are uniquely drawn to trees. These characters converge in a dramatic effort to protect the last remnants of North America's virgin forests. The book poses a profound question: if trees could speak, what messages would they convey to humanity? Through its compelling storytelling, *The Overstory* serves as both an activism and resistance narrative.
