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The Infinities is a 2009 novel by John Banville . Plot introduction. The book involves a reunion of the Godley family as the family patriarch, Adam, lies in a coma on his deathbed. The book takes place in an alternative reality with the world powered by cold fusion and steam trains are still in use.
- 256 pp
- John Banville
- 4 September 2009
- Picador
25 ago 2009 · The Infinities—John Banville’s first novel since his Booker Prize-winning and bestselling The Sea—is at once a gloriously earthy romp and a wise look at the terrible, wonderful plight of being human -- a dazzling novel from one of the most widely admires and acclaimed writers at work today.
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- Hardcover
The Infinities is an inventive melding of myth and realism, a sly and poignant tale of lust and loss, but above all it is a joy to read for the sheer beauty of its language.” — St. Petersburg Times “A major work of Shakespearean imagination, Banville’s fifteenth novel is among his best.”
8 feb 2011 · The Infinities. From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Sea comes a novel that is at once a gloriously earthy romp and a wise look at the terrible, wonderful plight of being human. “One of...
His new novel, The Infinities, is his first since he finally won the Booker prize, for The Sea in 2005, and it serves as a kind of catalogue of his favourite themes and props.
3 ott 2009 · The Observer Fiction. This article is more than 14 years old. The Infinities by John Banville. Adam Mars-Jones is entranced by John Banville's elusive alternative universe. Sat 3 Oct 2009 19.05...
In his first novel since the Booker Prize-winning The Sea, John Banville gives us a dazzling new book that chronicles both a human family and a rather unholy gathering of immortals. On a languid...
