Generosity

Name: Generosity
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ISBN: 9781804952115

Richard Powers

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Hutchinson
26 May 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Greeting cards

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning and Booker shortlisted author of The Overstory and Bewilderment

'Thrilling ... such wonderful storytelling' Observer

'Powers' acuity and satire are as sharp as ever' Sunday Times

'Smart, tender and wrenchingly anxious about the approaching era ... A bracingly intelligent fable about the choices that face us' Sunday Telegraph When Chicagoan Russell Stone begins teaching a Creative Nonfiction class, he meets Thassadit Amzwar, a young Algerian woman with a radiant presence. But he is disturbed by her - how can someone from a country ravaged by conflict be so happy?

Puzzling the melancholic Russell, Thassa's happiness prompts him to research her war-torn country and theories on happiness. His amateur inquiries lead him to college counselor Candace Weld, who also falls under Thassa's spell. Dubbed 'Miss Generosity' by classmates, Thassa's joy catches the eye of notorious geneticist and advocate for genomic enhancement Thomas Kurton who claims to have found the genotype for happiness. Yet, as media frenzy builds, Thassa's optimism is tested.

Richard Powers' Generosity explores the implications of a genetic basis for happiness, asking who would control it, and how would it reshape humanity.

By: Richard Powers
Imprint: Hutchinson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 131mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 230g
ISBN: 9781804952115
ISBN 10: 1804952117
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 26 May 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Richard Powers has published fourteen novels. He is a MacArthur Fellow and received the National Book Award. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory. He lives in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Reviews for Generosity

Powers' acuity and satire are as sharp as ever ... But what really makes Generosity tick are its characters, who are as alive and multifaceted as any Powers has ever created * Sunday Times * Thrilling ... such wonderful storytelling * Observer * Smart, tender and wrenchingly anxious about the approaching era ... A bracingly intelligent fable about the choices that face us * Sunday Telegraph *