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Bewilderment: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021

Name: Bewilderment: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2021
Author: Richard Powers
ISBN: 9781785152641

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THE BRAND NEW NOVEL FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING, BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF THE OVERSTORY' It changed how I thought about the Earth and our place in it. . . . It changed how I see things and that's always, for me, a mark of a book worth reading.' Barack Obama on The Overstory'Really, just one of the best novels, period.' Ann Patchett on The Overstory'Breathtaking.' Barbara Kingsolver on The Overstory_________________________Picked as one of the 'Best Books of 2021' in the Sunday TimesTheo Byrne is a promising young astrobiologist who has found a way to search for life on other planets dozens of light years away. He is also the widowed father of a most unusual nine-year-old. His son Robin is funny, loving, and filled with plans. He thinks and feels deeply, adores animals, and can spend hours painting elaborate pictures. He is also on the verge of being expelled from third grade, for smashing his friend's face with a metal thermos.What can a father do, when the only solution offered to his rare and troubled boy is to put him on psychoactive drugs? What can he say when his boy comes to him wanting an explanation for a world that is clearly in love with its own destruction? The only thing for it is to take the boy to other planets, while all the while fostering his son's desperate campaign to help save this one._________________________'The best book I've read in 10 years. A remarkable piece of literature ... a lodestone.' Emma Thompson on The Overstory'Radical and exciting.' Jessie Burton on The Overstory'A remarkable piece of fiction.' New York Times on The Overstory'An extraordinary novel.' Guardian on The Overstory

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ISBN9781785152641

VerlagWilliam Heinemann

Erscheinungsdatum21.09.21

Seitenzahl288

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„His mother was crushed to death when he was seven. His beloved dog died of confusion a few months later. What more reason for disturbed behavior did any doctor need?“ Eine außergewöhnliche und berührende Vater-Sohn-Geschichte - ein Lese-Highlight!
21. Sept. 2024
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„His mother was crushed to death when he was seven. His beloved dog died of confusion a few months later. What more reason for disturbed behavior did any doctor need?“ Eine außergewöhnliche und berührende Vater-Sohn-Geschichte - ein Lese-Highlight!
21. Sept. 2024
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I don't knoooooow. I want to give this a better rating because I haven't read a lot of books that talk about similar topics but at the same time I can't really justify a better rating. I found it very interesting to read about Robin and his behavioral patterns as well as his conviction and passion for animals. This is something I think a lot about - how I would've reacted and how it would've influenced me as a child if I hadn't suppressed the knowledge of how horrible we treat animals. What I didn't enjoy and often only skimmed or skipped were the parts about the different planets. Don't get me wrong - I love SciFi and I'm very interested in planets and astronomy and space and other life forms. But in the way the author talked about them, I felt stupid and I didn't understand at first if these planets were supposed to be real or what the matter was with them. I started to feel very bored about those parts when I realized that it didn't lead to anything (aka that the author hadn't intended the dicovering of life on other planets to be a real possibility in the book) . And the ending? I don't know. Not gonna spoil anything of course, but I felt like the author chose the easiest way to end the book. It wasn't a horrible ending and it make some sense but it wasn't what I had expected and like i said, felt like an easy solution for a problem the author didn't want to make effort to solve. I was surprised and it felt rushed and very abruptly.
23. Sept. 2022
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I don't knoooooow. I want to give this a better rating because I haven't read a lot of books that talk about similar topics but at the same time I can't really justify a better rating. I found it very interesting to read about Robin and his behavioral patterns as well as his conviction and passion for animals. This is something I think a lot about - how I would've reacted and how it would've influenced me as a child if I hadn't suppressed the knowledge of how horrible we treat animals. What I didn't enjoy and often only skimmed or skipped were the parts about the different planets. Don't get me wrong - I love SciFi and I'm very interested in planets and astronomy and space and other life forms. But in the way the author talked about them, I felt stupid and I didn't understand at first if these planets were supposed to be real or what the matter was with them. I started to feel very bored about those parts when I realized that it didn't lead to anything (aka that the author hadn't intended the dicovering of life on other planets to be a real possibility in the book) . And the ending? I don't know. Not gonna spoil anything of course, but I felt like the author chose the easiest way to end the book. It wasn't a horrible ending and it make some sense but it wasn't what I had expected and like i said, felt like an easy solution for a problem the author didn't want to make effort to solve. I was surprised and it felt rushed and very abruptly.
23. Sept. 2022
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I don't knoooooow. I want to give this a better rating because I haven't read a lot of books that talk about similar topics but at the same time I can't really justify a better rating. I found it very interesting to read about Robin and his behavioral patterns as well as his conviction and passion for animals. This is something I think a lot about - how I would've reacted and how it would've influenced me as a child if I hadn't suppressed the knowledge of how horrible we treat animals. What I didn't enjoy and often only skimmed or skipped were the parts about the different planets. Don't get me wrong - I love SciFi and I'm very interested in planets and astronomy and space and other life forms. But in the way the author talked about them, I felt stupid and I didn't understand at first if these planets were supposed to be real or what the matter was with them. I started to feel very bored about those parts when I realized that it didn't lead to anything (aka that the author hadn't intended the dicovering of life on other planets to be a real possibility in the book) . And the ending? I don't know. Not gonna spoil anything of course, but I felt like the author chose the easiest way to end the book. It wasn't a horrible ending and it make some sense but it wasn't what I had expected and like i said, felt like an easy solution for a problem the author didn't want to make effort to solve. I was surprised and it felt rushed and very abruptly.
22. Sept. 2022
3,0
I don't knoooooow. I want to give this a better rating because I haven't read a lot of books that talk about similar topics but at the same time I can't really justify a better rating. I found it very interesting to read about Robin and his behavioral patterns as well as his conviction and passion for animals. This is something I think a lot about - how I would've reacted and how it would've influenced me as a child if I hadn't suppressed the knowledge of how horrible we treat animals. What I didn't enjoy and often only skimmed or skipped were the parts about the different planets. Don't get me wrong - I love SciFi and I'm very interested in planets and astronomy and space and other life forms. But in the way the author talked about them, I felt stupid and I didn't understand at first if these planets were supposed to be real or what the matter was with them. I started to feel very bored about those parts when I realized that it didn't lead to anything (aka that the author hadn't intended the dicovering of life on other planets to be a real possibility in the book) . And the ending? I don't know. Not gonna spoil anything of course, but I felt like the author chose the easiest way to end the book. It wasn't a horrible ending and it make some sense but it wasn't what I had expected and like i said, felt like an easy solution for a problem the author didn't want to make effort to solve. I was surprised and it felt rushed and very abruptly.
22. Sept. 2022