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PublisherRandom House Large Print

ISBN-100739377787

ISBN-139780739377789

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Book TitleSolar

Number of Pages432 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2010

TopicLiterary

FeaturesLarge Type

GenreFiction

AuthorIan McEwan

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight21.3 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"McEwan's background research is so seamlessly displayed that scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - busy working on the same topic - might wonder if he's nicked their notes. But whereSolarreally succeeds - beyond the dark comedy. . .- is the author's ability to reveal the nature of the climate conundrum in the very human life of his protagonist." -TIME "A comedy every bit as brilliant as its title might suggest ... Blazing with imaginative and intellectual energy,Solaris a stellar performance." -Sunday Times "A stunningly accomplished work, possibly [McEwan's] best yet." -Financial Times "Beard is as robust and full-fleshed and ebullient a character as McEwan has come up with. And inSolar, he shows a side to himself as a writer - a puckishness, a broadness of humour, an extravagance of style - that we haven't seen before." -The Spectator "Blending domestic satire with scientific inquiry, [Solar] nods to concerns both personal and planetary in a tone that is at once ironic and heartfelt. It is exquisitely and defiantly McEwan-esque. Accept no imitations." -Mail on Sunday Praise forOn Chesil Beach "Heartbreaking . . . Breathtaking . . . McEwan's prose is as masterly as ever, here striking a remarkably subtle balance between detachment and sympathy, dry wit and deep compassion. It reaffirms my conviction that no one now writing in English surpasses or even matches McEwan's accomplishment." -Jonathan Yardley,Washington Post Book World "Marvelously realized . . . Wrenching, funny, smart, and hugely gratifying in unexpected ways . . .On Chesil Beachis as merciful to its characters as it is merciless in its heartache." -Boston Globe "Remarkable, engaging and gripping . . .On Chesil Beachis not only a wonderful read but also perhaps that rarest of things: a perfect novel." -San Francisco Chronicle "[McEwan's] finely honed prose is a deep pleasure to experience." -Chicago Sun-Times "Completely absorbing . . . Infused with a bitter poignancy . . . Intense and powerful . . . A masterpiece." -Philadelphia Inquirer "Dazzling . . . McEwan treats [his subject] with a boundless sympathy, one that enlists the reader even as it disguises the fact that this seeming novel of manners is as fundamentally a horror novel as any [he's] written." -Jonathan Lethem,New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition., Praise from the UK: "A comedy every bit as brilliant as its title might suggest ... Blazing with imaginative and intellectual energy,Solaris a stellar performance." -Sunday Times "A stunningly accomplished work, possibly [McEwan's] best yet." -Financial Times "Beard is as robust and full-fleshed and ebullient a character as McEwan has come up with. And inSolar, he shows a side to himself as a writer - a puckishness, a broadness of humour, an extravagance of style - that we haven't seen before." -The Spectator "Blending domestic satire with scientific inquiry, [Solar] nods to concerns both personal and planetary in a tone that is at once ironic and heartfelt. It is exquisitely and defiantly McEwan-esque. Accept no imitations." -Mail on Sunday Praise forOn Chesil Beach "Heartbreaking . . . Breathtaking . . . McEwan's prose is as masterly as ever, here striking a remarkably subtle balance between detachment and sympathy, dry wit and deep compassion. It reaffirms my conviction that no one now writing in English surpasses or even matches McEwan's accomplishment." -Jonathan Yardley,Washington Post Book World "Marvelously realized . . . Wrenching, funny, smart, and hugely gratifying in unexpected ways . . .On Chesil Beachis as merciful to its characters as it is merciless in its heartache." -Boston Globe "Remarkable, engaging and gripping . . .On Chesil Beachis not only a wonderful read but also perhaps that rarest of things: a perfect novel." -San Francisco Chronicle "[McEwan's] finely honed prose is a deep pleasure to experience." -Chicago Sun-Times "Completely absorbing . . . Infused with a bitter poignancy . . . Intense and powerful . . . A masterpiece." -Philadelphia Inquirer "Dazzling . . . McEwan treats [his subject] with a boundless sympathy, one that enlists the reader even as it disguises the fact that this seeming novel of manners is as fundamentally a horror novel as any [he's] written." -Jonathan Lethem,New York Times Book Review From the Hardcover edition., #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Globe and Mail Best Book A New York Times Notable Book An O: The Oprah Magazine Great Read Winner - Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2010 "Deeply funny." -- Toronto Star "Scarcely a page fails to dazzle with some wittily caught perception about contemporary life. Blazing with imagination and intellectual energy, Solar is a stellar performance." --Peter Kemp, The Sunday Times "McEwan at his best. Intelligent, funny, and full of insights." --The Guardian "A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet." --Financial Times " Solar burns with wit and energy. It demonstrates why McEwan is among the language's most popular literary novelists." --Winnipeg Free Press "In Atonement or Enduring Love or Amsterdam or Saturday or pretty much any of his novels, Solar has many adept competitors for best of breed, and those competitors are beloved. But this may be his best work yet." --The Star Phoenix, #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A Globe and Mail Best Book A New York Times Notable Book An O: The Oprah Magazine Great Read Winner Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction 2010 "Deeply funny." - Toronto Star "Scarcely a page fails to dazzle with some wittily caught perception about contemporary life. Blazing with imagination and intellectual energy, Solar is a stellar performance." -Peter Kemp, The Sunday Times "McEwan at his best. Intelligent, funny, and full of insights." -The Guardian "A stunningly accomplished work, possibly his best yet." -Financial Times " Solar burns with wit and energy. It demonstrates why McEwan is among the language's most popular literary novelists." -Winnipeg Free Press "In Atonement or Enduring Love or Amsterdam or Saturday or pretty much any of his novels, Solar has many adept competitors for best of breed, and those competitors are beloved. But this may be his best work yet." -The Star Phoenix, Praise forOn Chesil Beach "Heartbreaking . . . Breathtaking . . . McEwan's prose is as masterly as ever, here striking a remarkably subtle balance between detachment and sympathy, dry wit and deep compassion. It reaffirms my conviction that no one now writing in English surpasses or even matches McEwan's accomplishment." -Jonathan Yardley,Washington Post Book World "Marvelously realized . . . Wrenching, funny, smart, and hugely gratifying in unexpected ways . . .On Chesil Beachis as merciful to its characters as it is merciless in its heartache." -Boston Globe "Remarkable, engaging and gripping . . .On Chesil Beachis not only a wonderful read but also perhaps that rarest of things: a perfect novel." -San Francisco Chronicle "[McEwan's] finely honed prose is a deep pleasure to experience." -Chicago Sun-Times "Completely absorbing . . . Infused with a bitter poignancy . . . Intense and powerful . . . A masterpiece." -Philadelphia Inquirer "Dazzling . . . McEwan treats [his subject] with a boundless sympathy, one that enlists the reader even as it disguises the fact that this seeming novel of manners is as fundamentally a horror novel as any [he's] written." -Jonathan Lethem,New York Times Book Review

Dewey Decimal823/.914

Edition DescriptionLarge Type / large print edition

SynopsisThe literary event of the season: a new novel from Ian McEwan, as surprising as it is masterful. Michael Beard is a Nobel prize winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions, and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. While he coasts along in his professional life, Michael s personal life is another matter entirely. His fifth marriage is crumbling under the weight of his infidelities. But this time the tables are turned: His wife is having an affair, and Michael realizes he is still in love with her. When Michael s personal and professional lives begin to intersect in unexpected ways, an opportunity presents itself in the guise of an invitation to travel to New Mexico. Here is a chance for him to extricate himself from his marital problems, reinvigorate his career, and very possibly save the world from environmental disaster. Can a man who has made a mess of his life clean up the messes of humanity? A complex novel that brilliantly traces the arc of one man s ambitions and self-deceptions, "Solar" is a startling, witty, and stylish new work from one of the world s great writers. "From the Hardcover edition.""