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Operation Wandering Soul
1996 Nominated

Operation Wandering Soul

Richard Powers

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Surgeon Ricky Kraft maintains an objective distance from his young patients in the L.A. hospital where he works until he meets Linda, the committed therapist, who gradually involves them in their lives and dreams.

Richard Powers

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Richard
Powers

Richard Powers has been a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, as well as a winner of the US National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of eight novels, including The Time of our Singing, Plowing the Dark, and Gain. He lives in Los Angeles.

Richard Powers has been a recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and a MacArthur Fellowship, as well as a winner of the US National Book Award and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He is the author of eight novels, including The Time of our Singing, Plowing the Dark, and Gain. He lives in Los Angeles.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
United States
Author
Richard Powers
Publisher
William Morrow & Company
Nominating Library
Free Library of Philadelphia - USA

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