| The Book of Evidence | |
| Author | John Banville |
|---|---|
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Vintage Books at Random House |
| Publication date | 1993 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover & Paperback) |
| Pages | 245 pp (paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-697-40519-4 |
Ghosts is a novel by Irish author John Banville. John Banville (born 1945 is an Irish Novelist and Journalist. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States A novel (from Italian novella, Spanish novela, French nouvelle for "new" "news" or "short story Publishing is the process of production and dissemination of Literature or Information &ndash the activity of making information available for public view Random House Inc is the world's largest English-language general trade book publisher A hardcover (or hardback or hardbound) is a Book bound with rigid protective covers (typically of cardboard covered with Cloth Paperback, softback, or softcover describe and refer to a Book by the nature of its binding. John Banville (born 1945 is an Irish Novelist and Journalist. Published in 1993, it was the the first novel by the author since the publication of The Book of Evidence (1989), which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and features many of the same characters. The Book of Evidence is a 1989 novel by the Irish author John Banville. The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length Novel The novel recalls Shakespeare's The Tempest in many ways. The Tempest is a comedy written by William Shakespeare. It is generally dated to 1610-11 and accepted as the last play written solely by him although [1]
Plot Summary
The novel is somewhat unconventional and non-linear in its construction. It begins with a group of travelers disembarking on a small island in the Irish Sea after their ship runs aground. There they stumble upon a house inhabited by Professor Kreutznaer, his assistant Licht, and an unnamed character who figures centrally in the novel and who is referred to only as "Little God. " It is later revealed that Little God can be identified with the narrator of The Books of Evidence, and much of the latter half of the book focuses on his account of his experiences after having been released from prison, his reflections on the crime (the murder of a young woman) he committed that landed him there, and his continuing struggle with the ghosts of his past and the nature of his perceptions. Kreutznaer's relationship to a painting entitled "The Golden World" by a fictional Dutch artist named Vaublin plays a central role in the novel, and it is revealed that he and one of the travellers--a man named Felix--are acquainted with one another, and that Felix had been involved in art forgery. The novel ends with the travelers reembarking and leaving the island and many of the central issues and tensions addressed in the novel are left unresolved.
References
- ^ Lesser, Wendy, "Violently Obsessed with Art," The New York Times, Nov. 28, 1993
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