Solaris - Couverture souple

Lem, Stanislaw

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571311571 ISBN 13 : 9780571311576

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2016

Synopsis

'A fantastic book' Steven Soderbergh

Widely regarded as one of the greatest novels of philosophical science-fiction, Solaris is Stanislaw Lem's masterpiece.

When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover. Others suffer from the same affliction and speculation rises among scientists that the Solaris ocean may be a massive brain that creates incarnate memories, but its purpose in doing so remains a mystery . . .

Solaris raises a question that has been at the heart of human experience and literature for centuries: can we truly understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Born in 1921 in Lvov, Poland, Stanislaw Lem is the prolific and versatile author of novels, short stories, literary criticism, philosophy, parodies and screenplays. Lem is the recipient of many literary awards, most notably the State Prize for Literature in Poland (1976) and the Austrian State Award for European Literature (1985).

JOANNA KILMARTIN (1929-2005) was a renowned translator of such works as Francoise Sagan's Sunlight on Cold Water, Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time, and Stanislaw Lem's Solaris.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

When Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface he is forced to confront a painful, hitherto unconscious memory embodied in the physical likeness of a long-dead lover.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571311571
• ISBN 13: 9780571311576
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
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