The title is a line from a 17th-century poem that evokes the beauty and romance of Afghanistan. It seems to conflict with what happens in the story.
The Overstory—I didn’t know for sure what the title alluded to when I first encountered this novel by Richard Powers. I interpreted it in terms of the usual conventions about books, especially fiction. I guessed “overstory” referred to an overarching theme, the most important one that subsumes some more obvious sub-themes. You, the reader, must […]
