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Solaris

Stanislaw Lem author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:3rd Mar '16

Should be back in stock very soon

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The classic sci-fi novel in a beautiful new edition.

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.

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?

ISBN: 9780571311576

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 13mm

Weight: 189g

224 pages

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