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The plot hinges on two love affairs: the first, set in the 1950s, between two scientists intent on discovering the mysteries of DNA; the second, in the 1980s, between two lovers who befriend the scientist featured in the novel's flashbacks. A national bestseller, voted by Time as the #1 novel of 1991, selected as one of the "Best Books of 1991" by Publishers Weekly , and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award--a magnificent story that probes the meaning of love, science, music, and art, by the brilliant author of Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance .
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The Gold Bug Variations, Richard Powers
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- Released
- 1991
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- The Gold Bug Variations
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Richard Powers
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Released
- 1991
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 639
- ISBN10
- 0688098916
- ISBN13
- 9780688098919
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- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- The plot hinges on two love affairs: the first, set in the 1950s, between two scientists intent on discovering the mysteries of DNA; the second, in the 1980s, between two lovers who befriend the scientist featured in the novel's flashbacks. A national bestseller, voted by Time as the #1 novel of 1991, selected as one of the "Best Books of 1991" by Publishers Weekly , and nominated for a National Book Critics Circle Award--a magnificent story that probes the meaning of love, science, music, and art, by the brilliant author of Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance .