TKE presents ONLINE | Richard Powers | Bewilderment

Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Overstory, Richard Powers, will discuss his new novel, Bewilderment, with bookselling legend, Betsy Burton.

This pre-recorded, ticketed event will take place on Zoom and you must purchase a ticket on Eventbrite to participate. Your $35 ticket includes one hardcover copy of Bewilderment, an autographed book plate, sales tax and shipping within the US.

Buy your ticket here.

About the book:

Longlisted for the 2021 Booker Prize

Named one of the Most Anticipated Books of 2021 by New York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, BookPage, Literary Hub, The Millions, New Statesman, and Times of London.

The astrobiologist Theo Byrne searches for life throughout the cosmos while single-handedly raising his unusual nine-year-old, Robin, following the death of his wife. Robin is a warm, kind boy who spends hours painting elaborate pictures of endangered animals. He’s also about to be expelled from third grade for smashing his friend in the face. As his son grows more troubled, Theo hopes to keep him off psychoactive drugs. He learns of an experimental neurofeedback treatment to bolster Robin’s emotional control, one that involves training the boy on the recorded patterns of his mother’s brain…

With its soaring descriptions of the natural world, its tantalizing vision of life beyond, and its account of a father and son’s ferocious love, Bewilderment marks Richard Powers’s most intimate and moving novel. At its heart lies the question: How can we tell our children the truth about this beautiful, imperiled planet?