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The Echo Maker

The Echo Maker is a 2006 novel by American writer Richard Powers. It won the National Book Award for Fiction and was a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction finalist.

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Author
Richard Powers
Genre
Novel
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 22
Language
English

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The Echo Maker

Top relations

related to Main characters · 15
The Echo Maker → Awakenings, Gerald Weber, Hat, His Wife, Karin, Karin Schluter, Kearney, Mark Schluter, Medicine, Nebraska, NYU School, Oliver Sacks, Sacks, The Man Who Mistook, Weber
related to External links · 6
The Echo Maker → Alec Michod, December, Fresh Air, Richard Powers, Richard PowersBibliography, The Believer
Author · 1
The Echo Maker → Richard Powers
Dewey Decimal · 1
The Echo Maker → 813/.54 22
Genre · 1
The Echo Maker → Novel
ISBN · 1
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Language · 1
The Echo Maker → English
LC Class · 1
The Echo Maker → PS3566.O92 E27 2006
Media type · 1
The Echo Maker → Print (hardcover)
OCLC · 1
The Echo Maker → 62790370

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Important terminology

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Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
The Echo MakerAuthorRichard Powers1.00infobox
The Echo MakerDewey Decimal813/.54 221.00infobox
The Echo MakerGenreNovel1.00infobox
The Echo MakerISBN.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:r…1.00infobox
The Echo MakerLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The Echo MakerLC ClassPS3566.O92 E27 20061.00infobox
The Echo MakerMedia typePrint (hardcover)1.00infobox
The Echo MakerOCLC627903701.00infobox
The Echo MakerPages464 pp1.00infobox
The Echo MakerPreceded byThe Time of Our Singing1.00infobox
The Echo MakerPublication date20061.00infobox
The Echo MakerPublication placeUnited States1.00infobox
The Echo MakerPublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux1.00infobox
The Echo Makeris a2006 novel by American writer Richard Powers0.90text

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    The Echo Maker

    Nodes20
    Edges19
    Triples35
    Avg. degree1.9
    Density0.1
    Components1
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