The Overstory
They stand under the circle of camouflaged Platanus, that most resigned of eastern trees, on the spot where the island was sold, by people who listened to trees, to people who cleared them.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
trees and humans, at war over the land and water and atmosphere. And she can hear, louder than the quaking leaves, which side will lose by winning.
Richard Powers • The Overstory: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
legs almost too small to see, circling his
Richard Powers • The Overstory: Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
