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their first successful leaf, twirling in the Cavern darkness, had led to this--this pale, lentil body turning in his mind's dark. This scapular profile, these tow-line braids. Her hips fell somewhere on the Limaçon of Pascal. The squares of her breasts' abscissas and ordinates summed to an integer. This was the math of women, a field he'd given up studying, female equations whose complexities had long ago surpassed his ability to differentiate.
Powers' lush language corresponds to Adie's vision of Rousseau's jungle, and in turn to Rousseau's own ecstatic vision. Yet there is also something elegiac in the author's lavish descriptions of the Cavern's miracles, as if he were offering a late, last flowering of words before the cultural ascendancy of the image. Great, quotable chunks weight every page. Even readers fond of extravagant prose may find Powers's verbal persistence wearying, though it suggests that there are still contradictions and subtleties of mind that no image can track. --Regina Marler, Amazon.com
Superb . . . Powers pulls off one of the most astonishing feats I've ever seen in literature . . . daring, unpredictable, and emotionally powerful. "Steven Moore, The Washington Post Book World"
A fiercely visual book . . . the effect is spectacular . . . The most visceral prose Powers has ever written. "Daniel Zalewski, The New York Times Book Review"
America's most ambitious novelist . . . "Plowing The Dark" is virtual reality composed in a language that will never go obsolete. No one who becomes immersed in its poetry will walk out the way he or she came in. "Kevin Berger, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review"
"Plowing The Dark" may be [Powers's] most finely executed story yet . . . Relentless and mesmerizing . . . a beautiful homage to the sine qua non of consciousness itself . . . the final triumph of art over pain. "Gail Caldwell, The Boston Globe"
Powers has an inventive, virtuosic writing style that reserves him a special category in today's fiction . . . I don't have the space to do justice to all the wonders of craftsmanship in "Plowing The Dark . . . "This is the first emblematic novel of the 21st century, a lesson and an inspiration. "Judy Doenges, The Seattle Times"
[A] tour de force. It has overwhelming inventiveness and fun moments as well. "Donald Newlove, The Philadelphia Inquirer"
This is, ultimately, a novel of ideas, but one with a soul . . . There is much to admire in this novel, particularly the ingenious way in which reality is captured. "Scott Leibs, The San Diego Union-Tribune"
Full of intelligence, exacting analysis and supple prose . . . [a] magisterial storybook. "Corey Mesler, The Commercial Appeal"
Powers' twin tales are rife with echoes and allusions that reinforce their shared concern with the ways in which we reinvent our worlds. "Ralph Rugoff, LA Weekly"
Superb . . . perhaps [Powers'] greatest novel . . . Nearly every page of Powers' astonishing book has stunning ideas that will force you to re-evaluate everything you thought you knew about these subjects, and the implications you never imagined. "Steven Moore, The Newark Star-Ledger"
Powers displays his trademark intellectual richness . . . His prose makes technology sing and music compute. "Michael Harris, The Los Angeles Times""
"Superb . . . Powers pulls off one of the most astonishing feats I've ever seen in literature . . . daring, unpredictable, and emotionally powerful." --Steven Moore, The Washington Post Book World
"A fiercely visual book . . . the effect is spectacular . . . The most visceral prose Powers has ever written." --Daniel Zalewski, The New York Times Book Review
"America's most ambitious novelist . . . Plowing The Dark is virtual reality composed in a language that will never go obsolete. No one who becomes immersed in its poetry will walk out the way he or she came in." --Kevin Berger, The San Francisco Chronicle Book Review
"Plowing The Dark may be [Powers's] most finely executed story yet . . . Relentless and mesmerizing . . . a beautiful homage to the sine qua non of consciousness itself . . . the final triumph of art over pain." --Gail Caldwell, The Boston Globe
"Powers has an inventive, virtuosic writing style that reserves him a special category in today's fiction . . . I don't have the space to do justice to all the wonders of craftsmanship in Plowing The Dark . . . This is the first emblematic novel of the 21st century, a lesson and an inspiration." --Judy Doenges, The Seattle Times
"[A] tour de force. It has overwhelming inventiveness and fun moments as well." --Donald Newlove, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"This is, ultimately, a novel of ideas, but one with a soul . . . There is much to admire in this novel, particularly the ingenious way in which reality is captured." --Scott Leibs, The San Diego Union-Tribune
"Full of intelligence, exacting analysis and supple prose . . . [a] magisterial storybook." --Corey Mesler, The Commercial Appeal
"Powers' twin tales are rife with echoes and allusions that reinforce their shared concern with the ways in which we reinvent our worlds." --Ralph Rugoff, LA Weekly
"Superb . . . perhaps [Powers'] greatest novel . . . Nearly every page of Powers' astonishing book has stunning ideas that will force you to re-evaluate everything you thought you knew about these subjects, and the implications you never imagined." --Steven Moore, The Newark Star-Ledger
"Powers displays his trademark intellectual richness . . . His prose makes technology sing and music compute." --Michael Harris, The Los Angeles Times
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. In a digital laboratory on the shores of Puget Sound, a band of virtual reality researchers races to complete the Cavern, a blank white room that can become a jungle, a painting, or a vast Byzantine cathedral. In a war-torn city on the shores of the Mediterranean, an American is held hostage in an empty white room . A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration. Seller Inventory # GOR013451620
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Good. 2000 pbk ed. w/ alt cover (415 pgs). Ex-library book. Mylar cover. Annotated/underlined text. Sun faded edges. Seller Inventory # 5D400000ASRM_ns