Generosity : an enhancement
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 25 cm.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Canon City Public Library - FICTION | F POWERS | On Shelf |
| Fort Morgan Public Library - FICTION | FIC POW | On Shelf |
| Gilpin County Public Library - FICTION | FIC POWERS | On Shelf |
| Security Public Library - FICTION | F POWER | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
Format
Book
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
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Description
When Chicagoan Russell Stone finds himself teaching a Creative Nonfiction class, he encounters a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence. Thassadit Amzwars blissful exuberance both entrances and puzzles the melancholic Russell. How can this refugee from perpetual terror be so happy? Wont someone so open and alive come to serious harm? Wondering how to protect her, Russell researches her war-torn country and skims through popular happiness manuals. Might her condition be hyperthymia? Hypomania? Russells amateur inquiries lead him to college counselor Candace Weld, who also falls under Thassas spell. Dubbed Miss Generosity by her classmates, Thassas joyful personality comes to the attention of the notorious geneticist and advocate for genomic enhancement, Thomas Kurton, whose research leads him to announce the genotype for happiness. Russell and Candace, now lovers, fail to protect Thassa from the growing media circus. Thassas congenital optimism is soon severely tested. Devoured by the public as a living prophecy, her genetic secret will transform both Russell and Kurton, as well as the country at large. What will happen to life when science identifies the genetic basis of happiness? Who will own the patent? Do we dare revise our own temperaments? Funny, fast, and finally magical, Generosity celebrates both science and the freed imagination.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Powers, R. (2009). Generosity: an enhancement . Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Powers, Richard, 1957-. 2009. Generosity: An Enhancement. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Powers, Richard, 1957-. Generosity: An Enhancement Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Powers, Richard. Generosity: An Enhancement Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2009.
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