Kepler - A Novel

Zusatztext An outstandingly good novel . . . a novel that dramatizes and celebrates intellectual passion. Which makes it a very rare novel indeed. Informationen zum Autor John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and prize-winning novels including The Sea , which won the 2005 Booker Prize. He has been awarded the Franz Kafka Prize and a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin. Klappentext 'Superbly illuminates the man, the time, and the everlasting quest for knowledge' Observer Johannes Kepler, born in 1571 in south Germany, was one of the world's greatest mathematicians and astronomers. The novel Kepler, by John Banville, brilliantly recreates his life and his incredible drive to chart the orbits of the planets and the geometry of the universe while being driven from exile to exile by religious and domestic strife. At the same time it illuminates the harsh realities of the Renaissance world; rich in imaginative daring but rooted in poverty, squalor and the tyrannical power of emperors. Volume Two of the Revolutions Trilogy Zusammenfassung Volume two of John Banville's Revolutions Trilogy.

Product details

• Authors: John Banville
• Publisher: Picador Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 06.08.2010
• EAN: 9780330372336
• ISBN: 978-0-330-37233-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 196 mm x 14 mm
• Series: Revolutions Trilogy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, Czech Republic, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Czechia, C 1600 To C 1700, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary