In Orfeo, composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab-the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns-has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security. Panicked by the raid, Els turns fugitive and hatches a plan to transform this disastrous collision with the security state into an unforgettable work of art that will reawaken its audience to the sounds all around it.
| ISBN: | 9780393349849 |
| Publication date: | 22nd August 2014 |
| Author: | Richard Powers |
| Publisher: | W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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In Orfeo, composer Peter Els opens the door one evening to find the police on his doorstep. His home microbiology lab-the latest experiment in his lifelong attempt to find music in surprising patterns-has aroused the suspicions of Homeland Security.
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Orfeo was written by Richard Powers and published by W.W. Norton and Company an imprint of W. W. Norton & Company
Orfeo has 384 pages
