Gain (novel)

1998 novel by Richard Powers

Gain

First edition (publ. Farrar, Straus & Giroux)

Author| Richard Powers
Language| English
Publisher| Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Publication date

| 1998
Publication place| United States
Media type| Print
Pages| 355 p.
ISBN| 9780374159962
OCLC| 231971293

Gain (ISBN 0-374-15996-3) is a novel by Richard Powers published by in 1998. It tells the stories of Clare International, a chemical conglomerate with origins in soap manufacturing in the early 19th century, and Laura Bodey, a 42-year-old divorcée living near Clare International's headquarters who develops ovarian cancer. It won the James Fenimore Cooper Prize for Best Historical Fiction in 1999.

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Novels by Richard Powers

* Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance (1985)
* Prisoner's Dilemma (1988)
* The Gold Bug Variations (1991)
* Operation Wandering Soul (1993)
* Galatea 2.2 (1995)
* Gain (1998)
* Plowing the Dark (2000)
* The Time of Our Singing (2003)
* The Echo Maker (2006)
* Generosity: An Enhancement (2009)
* Orfeo (2014)
* The Overstory (2018)
* Bewilderment (2021)
* Playground (2024)

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