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Der Klang der Zeit
by Richard Powers · FISCHER Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · 764 pages
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Pages: 764 pagesAuthor: Richard PowersPublisher: FISCHER TaschenbuchFormat: tapa blandaLanguage: deRelease date: 1/10/2005ISBN: ISBN 9783596159710
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Synopsis of Der Klang der Zeit
En esta conmovedora novela, Richard Powers narra la historia de una familia birracial en Estados Unidos, explorando temas de raza, música y la búsqueda del sueño americano. David Strom, un científico judío que huyó de los nazis, y Delia Daley, una joven afroamericana aspirante a cantante de ópera, se conocen en un concierto y se enamoran. Juntos, deciden criar a sus tres hijos inmersos en la música, intentando trascender las barreras raciales. Sin embargo, a medida que sus hijos crecen en una sociedad marcada por la segregación y los disturbios raciales, la familia se enfrenta a desafíos que ponen a prueba su amor y sus ideales. La música, que inicialmente los unió, se convierte en un reflejo de las tensiones y divisiones que amenazan con separarlos. La novela entrelaza la historia de la familia Strom con la evolución de la sociedad estadounidense desde los años 20 hasta los disturbios raciales de Los Ángeles en los años 90. Powers explora la relación entre la ciencia y el arte, mostrando cómo ambos campos pueden iluminar la comprensión del ser humano y su mundo. A través de personajes complejos y diálogos vibrantes, 'El sonido del tiempo' invita a reflexionar sobre la persistencia del racismo y la búsqueda de la armonía en un mundo lleno de contrastes.
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Richard Powers
Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory.
Born in 1957Since 198518 titles published41 writing
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