'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.
John Banville was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1945. He is the author of many highly acclaimed novels including The Sea, which won the 2005 Man Booker Prize and two further novels on scientific subjects, Doctor Copernicus and The Newton Letter. He has received a literary award from the Lannan Foundation. He lives in Dublin.
Title: Kepler
Author: John Banville
ISBN: 9780330372336
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Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Publication Date: 2010-08-06
Number of Pages: 208
Weight: 0.1407 kg
Narrative art at a positively symphonic level. * Guardian *
One knows one is in the presence of a writer extraordinary. Wearing his vast research lightly, Mr Banville not only summons Kepler and his company of vivid souls but leads us into the small dark rooms. * Sunday Telegraph *
This very distinguished novel . . . is done with very considerable skill; it suggests that this is what such a life must indeed have been like and the result is a wonderfully human figure, rife with feelings, principles, regrets and courage. * Sunday Times *
An outstandingly good novel . . . a novel that dramatizes and celebrates intellectual passion. Which makes it a very rare novel indeed. * Irish Press *
