Plowing the Dark

Plowing the Dark
First edition
AuthorRichard Powers
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
June 2000
Publication placeUnited States
Pages415 pp (Hardcover)
ISBN0-374-23461-2
OCLC42397283
813/.54 21
LC ClassPS3566.O92 P56 2000

Plowing the Dark (2000) is a novel by American writer Richard Powers. It follows two narrative threads; one of an American teacher held hostage by Lebanese Shiite terrorists, the other the construction of a high-tech virtual reality simulator.