Generosity: “When written by Dostoevsky, Dickens, or Richard Powers at his best, one may feel that [the novel] can contain every facet of the world.”— Michael Dirda, The New York Review of Books THE ECHO MAKER: “Part of the joy of reading Powers over the years has been his capacity for revelation. His scientific discourses point to how the world works, but the struggles of his characters, whether down-and-out misfits . . . or well-heeled magicians . . . help us understand how we work.”—Colson Whitehead, The New York Times Book Review THE TIME OF OUR SINGING: “One of the best novels ever written about race in America . . . one of the best written about the joys of music.”—Dan Cryer, Newsday PLOWING THE DA RK: “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 GAIN: “I can think of no American novelist of his generation who makes a stronger [case]—that the writing of novels is a heroic enterprise, and perhaps even a matter of life and death.”—A. O. Scott, The New York Review of Books GALATEA 2.2: “Nothing less than brilliant.”— John Updike, The New Yorker OPERATION WANDERING SOUL: “To read his work is to be wowed by his verbal muscularity.. . . Admirable . . . wonderfully original.”—Meg Wolitzer, The New York Times Book Review THE GOLD BUG VARIATIONS: “The most lavishly ambitious American novel since Gravity’s Rainbow.. . . An outright marvel.”—Curt Suplee, The Washington Post PRISONER’S DILEMMA: “Grand fiction . . . magnificent.”—Maureen Howard, The Nation THREE FARMERS ON THEIR WAY TO A DANCE: “Dazzling and audacious.. . . Nothing short of astounding.”—Carlin Romano, The Philadelphia Inquirer