Powers' 'The Echo Maker' Wins Book Award
16th Nov 2006, 08:52 GMT
NEW YORK — Richard Powers' "The Echo Maker," a scientific tale of memory and identity in the age of Sept. 11 and the Iraq war, won the National Book Award for fiction Wednesday night, honoring a widely respected author with a small but passionate readership.
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