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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.
25 de ago. de 2009 · On a languid midsummer’s day in the countryside, the Godley family gathers at the bedside of Adam, a renowned mathematician and their patriarch. But they are not alone in their vigil.
Resumen y sinopsis de Los infinitos de John Banville. La familia Godley se ha reunido en Arden, su finca, en medio de una verde campiña, cerca de un antiguo lugar sagrado y de las vías del tren. Han venido porque el viejo Adam Godley, un respetado y exaltado matemático, se está muriendo.
8 de feb. de 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...
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.” —Austin American-Statesman
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...
5 de mar. de 2010 · An early blackbird flies across at a slant swiftly from somewhere to somewhere else, its lacquered wing catching an angled glint of sunlight, and he...
