Have You Considered the Quantum Question in Richard Powers’s The Overstory
Caution — This article is full of spoilers about this great work of modern fiction
As a writer, I am in awe of truly great writers; none more so than Richard Powers, author of The Overstory. The Overstory won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize in fiction and is Powers’s twelfth novel. I have yet to read any of the others, which is to say, I am neither an expert on his work nor a professional critic. Rather, I take to the pages of Medium today to celebrate this breathtaking work of fiction, and to bring you a question that has vexed me since my second journey through the novel several years ago.
This article is, first and foremost, a rave review for this exquisite work of fiction, which weaves together the stories of nine characters and their struggle to save the old-growth forests of Oregon. If you have yet to read it, stop reading here and order it now. I am generally a reader of non-fiction, but I am currently on my fifth journey through this beautiful novel
