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An artist in New York City impulsively moves to Seattle to work on a virtual-reality project, and an English teacher in Beirut is kidnapped and brutalized. These two situations meet in the world of virtual reality, which threatens them both. A New York Times Notable Book for the year 2000.
| Size | | Length: | 415 pages | | Height: | 9.3 in | | Width: | 6.3 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 25.6 oz |
Industry Reviews
"Although sometimes heart rending, particularly in the Beirut sections, PLOWING IN THE DARK is by and large a work of great charm animated by the simple joy of making things....A smaller-scale work than, say, GAIN, PLOWING THE DARK...remains rooted in its historical moment and insistent on human perception as the measure of things. Although imbued with the horrors of war and the unholy technologies of unmaking the world, it feels almost optimistic in its resolution, refreshing in its evocation of a time less cyberselfish than our own."
Sword
"The collision of Taimur's world with Adie's is riveting, yet it also feels like a sentimental feint....In the end, PLOWING THE DARK succeeds as spectacle, but it's not intellectually satisfying. That's something I never expected of Richard Powers."
Zalewski
"Powers's intellectual dexterity is dazzling, especially in the descriptions of virtual-reality programming, and he has plenty to say about the intersections of art, war, commerce, and literature....[B]ut only the hostage scenes have any emotional heft, and a shortage of humanity leaves the novel slippery and somewhat unsatisfying."
Reed
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