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by Stanisław Lem,
Joanna Kilmartin (Translator), Steve Cox (Translator)
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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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 . . .
| Book Condition | Used – Good |
|---|---|
| Cover | Paperback |
| Size | 214 pages, 130x200x16mm |
| Published | March 3rd 2016 by Faber & Faber (first published 1961) |
| Genre | Classics, Fiction, Philosophy, Science Fiction |
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