The Echo Maker
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The Echo Maker

by Richard Powers

2006•Drama•514 pages

Taste attributes: dramapsychologicalfresh & originalunsavouryheavyintricateglossyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadssolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeExpect a fresh, smart novel, heavy rather than light. Best if you like puzzles over plain sailing.

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

On a winter night on a remote Nebraska road, 27-year-old Mark Schluter flips his truck in a near-fatal accident. His older sister Karin, his only near kin, returns reluctantly to their hometown to nurse Mark back from a traumatic head injury. But when he emerges from a protracted coma, Mark believes that this woman–who looks, acts, and sounds just like his sister–is really an identical impostor.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DramaPsychologicalComplex relationshipTroubled leadsSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Subjects

NeurologistsMedical fictionCapgras syndromeBrothers and sistersAccident victimsAmnesieErinnerungSchwester

Details

Author
Richard Powers
Published
2006
Pages
514
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