The Echo Maker - Richard Powers • BookLikes (ISBN:0374146357)

The Echo Maker

by: Richard Powers (author)

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Format: hardcover

ISBN: 9780374146351 (0374146357)

Publish date: October 17th 2006

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Pages no: 451

Edition language: English

Category:

Novels, Literature, Book Club, American, Literary Fiction, Mystery, Contemporary, Modern, Psychology, American Fiction

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~Mairéad's Reading List~ rated it

12 years ago

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3.5 Stars.Read for school.

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moxiecrimefighter rated it

14 years ago

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The National Book Award? Really? What am I missing? I wanted to like it. It should be right up my alley. I love birds, neuroscience, ordinary people, and grappling with the big questions. This book, however, is just sophomoric, formulaic and dull. The characters are unlikable and uninteresting. The...

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willemite rated it

17 years ago

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Here we are again in the world of literature. Powers is a powerful writer. The length of the book (451 pps) does not really tell the length of this work. It is not a fast read. There is much content woven into the pages, a tapestry of imagery and meaning that enhances the action of the story.Kearny,...

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