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Trinity: A Novel by Hall, Louisa
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- Condition
- Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
- Type
- Novel
- ISBN
- 9780062851963
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0062851969
ISBN-13
9780062851963
eBay Product ID (ePID)
242859128
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trinity : a Novel
Number of Pages
336 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Topic
Romance / Historical / 20th Century, Biographical, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
15.9 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2018-022070
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
Louisa Hall's Trinity is an intelligent and sweeping account of the characters--some real, some fictional--swirling around the testing of first atomic bomb. It is also an affecting meditation on the ways in which we betray others and, in the process, ourselves., Using real events to frame the narrative, Hall creates visceral vignettes using science, history, and biography to create three-dimensional characters pouring forth their own stories.... Highly recommended., "Brilliant... Hall has shaped a richly imagined, tremendously moving fictional work. Its genius is not to explain but to embody the science and politics that shaped Oppenheimer's life.... The resulting quantum portrait feels both true and dazzlingly unfamiliar." -- New York Times Book Review "Triumphant.... Each of the anecdotes functions as a compelling story in its own right, and only becomes more powerful when taken together as a complete narrative. With beautiful specificity and nuance, Hall interrogates such major issues as ethics in scientific discovery and breaching the chasm between public and private selves." -- Vanity Fair "[Hall has] earned acclaim for her ability to wield language with unusual precision.... Trinity [is] a brilliant imagining of how the details omitted from one notorious man's story might define him more fully than the broad strokes we already know....Trinity sounds a wake-up call." -- Time "A startling novel that asks how well we can ever really know anyone else, no matter how much we scrutinize them.... Trinity is a dizzying, kaleidoscopic marvel of a book, and a beautiful reflection on the impossibility of creating a truly accurate narrative of any person's life." -- Texas Observer "Intelligent, elegant.... [Hall tells] his story through the eyes of seven fictional characters with whom [Oppenheimer] comes into tangential contact.... The emotional weight of their sections lies in their own hurts and betrayals, their own flailing attempts to understand how, precisely, their own lives have somehow come to this." -- Washington Post "A narrative exploration of the gap between public and private selves, as the novel makes plain that people are unreliable, and that betraying others is inextricably linked with betraying ourselves.... Hall's book ambitiously takes on far-reaching issues at Los Alamos in a passionate, personal way." -- Santa Fe New Mexican "Using real events to frame the narrative, Hall creates visceral vignettes using science, history, and biography to create three-dimensional characters pouring forth their own stories.... Highly recommended." -- Library Journal (starred review) "Ingeniously structured.... [Hall] excels at creating distinct characters whose voices illuminate their own lives and challenges, as well as the historical period that saw Oppenheimer's fall from grace." -- Publishers Weekly "[Hall] explores themes of guilt and betrayal as well as the fallout from lies and self-delusion--in the process bringing Oppenheimer, an often aloof, conflicted man, to vivid life.... Lushly written, this is an ambitious, unsettling novel that takes on big issues in a passionate, personal way." -- Kirkus Reviews "With war, McCarthyism, and nuclear proliferation as backdrop, Hall's observers paint a picture of not just one man but of humanity.... Each narrator has a unique and convincing voice in this compelling novel." -- Booklist "Louisa Hall's Trinity is an intelligent and sweeping account of the characters--some real, some fictional--swirling around the testing of the first atomic bomb. It is also an affecting meditation on the ways in which we betray others and, in the process, ourselves." -- Karan Mahajan, author of The Association of Small Bombs "[Hall] employs an ingenious and creative tactic to paint an image of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the "father of the atomic bomb".... In this staggeringly beautiful novel, he is fragmented, shown only through the eyes of people who are all struggling with their own existences.... Trinity is a masterpiece." -- BookPage, Triumphant.... Each of the anecdotes functions as a compelling story in its own right, and only becomes more powerful when taken together as a complete narrative. With beautiful specificity and nuance, Hall interrogates such major issues as ethics in scientific discovery and breaching the chasm between public and private selves., Intelligent, elegant.... [Hall tells] his story through the eyes of seven fictional characters with whom [Oppenheimer] comes into tangential contact.... The emotional weight of their sections lies in their own hurts and betrayals, their own flailing attempts to understand how, precisely, their own lives have somehow come to this., A startling novel that asks how well we can ever really know anyone else, no matter how much we scrutinize them.... Trinity is a dizzying, kaleidoscopic marvel of a book, and a beautiful reflection on the impossibility of creating a truly accurate narrative of any person's life., With war, McCarthyism, and nuclear proliferation as backdrop, Hall's observers paint a picture of not just one man but of humanity.... Each narrator has a unique and convincing voice in this compelling novel.
Dewey Decimal
813/.6
Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of Speak comes a kaleidoscopic novel about Robert Oppenheimer--father of the atomic bomb--as told by seven fictional characters J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant scientist, a champion of liberal causes, and a complex and often contradictory character. He loyally protected his Communist friends, only to later betray them under questioning. He repeatedly lied about love affairs. And he defended the use of the atomic bomb he helped create, before ultimately lobbying against nuclear proliferation. Through narratives that cross time and space, a set of characters bears witness to the life of Oppenheimer, from a secret service agent who tailed him in San Francisco, to the young lover of a colleague in Los Alamos, to a woman fleeing McCarthyism who knew him on St. John. As these men and women fall into the orbit of a brilliant but mercurial mind at work, all consider his complicated legacy while also uncovering deep and often unsettling truths about their own lives. In this stunning, elliptical novel, Louisa Hall has crafted a breathtaking and explosive story about the ability of the human mind to believe what it wants, about public and private tragedy, and about power and guilt. Blending science with literature and fiction with biography, Trinity asks searing questions about what it means to truly know someone, and about the secrets we keep from the world and from ourselves.
LC Classification Number
PS3608.A54735T75
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- l***m (68)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseA new author for me. I have not read this yet but looking forward to it. Description said “new” but although in excellent condition it does not look brand new to me, but, storage or shipping just could effect condition. Great price and pretty good shipping time.Sailing Lessons : A Novel by Hannah McKinnon (2018, Trade Paperback) (#124590813340)
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