Solaris - Softcover

Stanislaw Lem

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571219721 ISBN 13: 9780571219728

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2003

Synopsis

The classic sci-fi novel - now a major Hollywood movie starring George Clooney and directed by the Academy Award-winning Steven Soderbergh.

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?

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Book Description:

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

From the Back Cover:

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?

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0571219721
• ISBN 13: 9780571219728
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224