Doctor Copernicus

Resumen del libro

'Banville is superb ...there are not many historical novels of which it can be said that they illuminate both the time that forms their subject matter and the time in which they are read: Doctor Copernicus is among the very best of them' - "The Economist". The work of Nicholas Koppernigk, better known as Copernicus, shattered the medieval view of the universe and led to the formulation of the image of the solar system we know today. Here his life is powerfully evoked in a novel that offers a vivid portrait of a man of painful reticence, haunted by a malevolent brother and baffled by the conspiracies that rage around him and his ideas while he searches for the secret of life.

'Banville writes novels of complex patterning, with grace, precision and timing' - "Guardian". 'With his fastidious wit and exquisite style, John Banville is the heir to Nabokov' - "Daily Telegraph". 'A tour de force: a fictional evocation of the great astronomer which is exciting, beautifully written and astonishingly redolent of the late medieval world' - "The Times".

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;B John Banvillex{0026}lt;/B (Wexford, Irlanda, 1945) ha trabajado como editor de x{0026}lt;I The Irish Timesx{0026}lt;/I y es colaborador habitual de x{0026}lt;I The New York Review of Booksx{0026}lt;/I . Con x{0026}lt;I El libro de las pruebasx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2014) x{0026} x02014;integrado más tarde en x{0026}lt;I Trilogía de Freddie Montgomeryx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2020), junto con x{0026}lt;I Fantasmasx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Ateneax{0026}lt;/I x{0026} x02014; fue finalista del Premio Booker, que obtuvo en 2005 con x{0026}lt;I El marx{0026}lt;/I (Alfaguara, 2019), consagrada además por el Irish Book Award como mejor novela del año. Entre sus obras publicadas en Alfaguara destacan también x{0026}lt;I El intocablex{0026}lt;/I (2015), la x{0026}lt;I Trilogía Cleavex{0026}lt;/I x{0026} x02014;x{0026}lt;I Eclipsex{0026}lt;/I (2014), x{0026}lt;I Imposturasx{0026}lt;/I (2015) y x{0026}lt;I Antigua luzx{0026}lt;/I (2012)x{0026} x02014;, x{0026}lt;I La guitarra azulx{0026}lt;/I (2016), x{0026}lt;I La señora Osmondx{0026}lt;/I (2018) y x{0026}lt;I Tetralogía científicax{0026}lt;/I (2022), que reúne en un solo volumen las novelas x{0026}lt;I Copérnicox{0026}lt;/I (ganadora del James Tait Black Memorial Prize), x{0026}lt;I Keplerx{0026}lt;/I (merecedora del Premio de Ficción de x{0026}lt;I The Guardianx{0026}lt;/I ), x{0026}lt;I La carta de Newtonx{0026}lt;/I y x{0026}lt;I Mefistox{0026}lt;/I . Bajo el pseudónimo de Benjamin Black, que continúax{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P utilizandoexclusivamente en sus ediciones en español, ha publicado en Alfaguara x{0026}lt;I El lémurx{0026}lt;/I (2009), la serie protagonizada por el doctor Quirke x{0026} x02014;x{0026}lt;I El secretox{0026}lt;/I x{0026}lt;/P x{0026}lt;P x{0026}lt;I de Christinex{0026}lt;/I (2007, 2023), x{0026}lt;I El otro nombre de Laurax{0026}lt;/I (2008), x{0026}lt;I En busca de Aprilx{0026}lt;/I (2011), x{0026}lt;I Muerte en veranox{0026}lt;/I (2012), x{0026}lt;I Venganzax{0026}lt;/I (2013), x{0026}lt;I Órdenes sagradasx{0026}lt;/I (2015), x{0026}lt;I Las sombras de Quirkex{0026}lt;/I (2017) y x{0026}lt;I Quirke en San Sebastiánx{0026}lt;/I (2021)x{0026} x02014;, x{0026}lt;I La rubia de ojos negrosx{0026}lt;/I (2014) y x{0026}lt;I Los lobos de Pragax{0026}lt;/I (2019). En 2014 le fue otorgado el Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Letras por su inteligente, honda y original creación novelesca . x{0026}lt;I Las singularidadesx{0026}lt;/I (2023) es su última novela.x{0026}lt;/P