When Russell Stone becomes the teacher of a young Algerian woman with a disturbingly luminous presence, he is both entranced and troubled. How can this refugee from terror radiate such bliss? Is it possible to be so open and alive without coming to serious harm? Soon, Thassa's joyful personality comes to the attention of the notorious geneticist and advocate for genomic enhancement, Thomas Kurton, whose research has enabled him to announce his discovery of the genetic underpinnings of happiness. Thassa's congenital optimism is severely tested by the growing media circus. Devoured by the public as a living prophecy, her genetic secret will transform both Russell and Kurton, as well as the world at large.
Generosity is Richard Powers' most exuberant and exhilarating book yet.
- ISBN10 0374161143
- ISBN13 9780374161149
- Publish Date 29 September 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 June 2021
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 304
- Language English