Operation Wandering Soul
by Richard Powers
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Author: Richard PowersEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1994-04-08
ISBN: 006097611X
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Harper Perennial
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Book Review: A Bleak, Confused, and ultimately Necessary Novel
Summary: 5 Stars
Powers took a lot of criticizm in '93 for this book, and it doesn't take long to figure out why. The plotline, setting, and flow are muddled, at best. But these things, for a change, aren't central to the book. The book is a quest, and if the brilliant _Goldbug Variations_ represented Power's search for Moonlight in a Chamber, then it could be said that _Wandering Soul_ searches for any sort of light at all.That light is found in the children Power's characterizes. After reading _Galatea 2.2_, one understands the massive emotional stress Powers was under, (probably a good reason for the bleakness), and Powers seems to want to reclaim his childhood, only to realize he can't. Bipass the stumbling story connectors and non-present plot explanations, and view the child within you trapped in a world it cannot survive. Powers may yet be the most passionate writer in the world, feel it here, if you dare.
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