by Richard Powers · FISCHER Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596159710
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«Der Klang der Zeit» is the novel by Richard Powers, published by Fischer Taschenbuch in paperback (764 pages, in German).
A biracial family in the United States: David Strom, a Jewish scientist who fled the Nazis, and Delia Daley, an African American singer, raise their three children in classical music. As American society endures decades of segregation and racial unrest, the music that united them becomes a reflection of the tensions threatening the family.
German translation by Manfred Allié and Gabriele Kempf-Allié of the original 'The Time of Our Singing'; no. 15971 in the Fischer Taschenbücher Allgemeine Reihe collection, 2005 edition.
For readers of literary fiction interested in music, racism, and the social history of the United States in the 20th century.
Richard Powers is an American novelist whose works explore the effects of modern science and technology. His novel The Echo Maker won the 2006 National Book Award for Fiction. He has also won many other awards over the course of his career, including a MacArthur Fellowship. As of 2024, Powers has published fourteen novels and has taught at the University of Illinois and Stanford University. He won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for The Overstory.
