Orfeo

Resumen del libro

Seventy-year old avant-garde composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police outside. His DIY microbiology lab - the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to extract music from rich patterns beyond the ear's ability to hear - has come to the attention of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid on his house, Els flees and turns fugitive, waiting for the evidence to clear him and for the alarm surrounding his activities to blow over.

But alarm turns to national hysteria, as the government promises a panicked nation that the 'Bioterrorist Bach' will be found and brought to trial. As Els feels the noose around him tighten, he embarks on a cross-country trip to visit, one last time, the people in his past who have most shaped his failed musical journey. And through the help of these people - his ex-wife, his daughter, and his longtime artistic collaborator - Els comes up with a plan to turn this disastrous collision with national security into one last, resonant, calamitous artwork that might reach an audience beyond his wildest dreams.

Biografía del autor

Richard Powers es autor de doce novelas, entre las que se encuentra "Galatea 2.2", "Ganancia", "El tiempo de nuestras canciones" y "El eco de la memoria", por la que fue galardonado con el National Book Award. Asimismo, ha sido receptor de una beca Mac Arthur, cuatro veces finalista de National Book Critics Circle Award y profesor en las universidades de Illinois y Standford. Con "El clamor de los bosques" fue finalista del Premio Man Booker 2018 y ganador del Premio Pulitzer 2019. Vive al pie de las Grandes Montañas Humeantes.<br> También disponible de Richard Powers en AdN: "El clamor de los bosques" y "Orfeo".