by Serge Chauvin, Richard Powers · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782330153182
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«Sidérations» is the novel by Richard Powers, published by Actes Sud in paperback (400 pages, in French).
Astrobiologist Theo Byrne raises his son Robin alone, a sensitive boy passionate about animals but prone to fits of rage. After being expelled from school, his father refuses to medicate him and tries an experimental therapy with artificial intelligence to help Robin control his emotions, in an America on the brink of climate and political collapse.
Original work: «Bewilderment» (2021). Nominated for the Booker Prize and the National Book Award in 2021. Translated from English (USA) by Serge Chauvin.
For readers of literary fiction and contemporary narrative, especially those who enjoy stories combining family, nature, and science.
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.
