Solar

Hardcover, 347 pages

Spanish language

Published May 2, 2011 by Círculo de Lectores, S.A..

ISBN:
978-84-672-4388-8
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3 stars (15 reviews)

Michael Beard es un físico que recibió hace años el Premio Nobel por un descubrimiento que en los medios científicos se conoce como la combinación Beard-Einstein –y aquí comienza la feroz e irresistible ironía de McEwan, porque “combinación” implica también simbiosis, confusión–, y desde entonces se ha limitado a vivir apoltronado en sus laureles. Beard tiene ahora cincuenta y pocos años y se encuentra en el tramo final de su quinto matrimonio, un final que no se parece en nada a los de sus cuatro uniones anteriores, menos emocionales y más convencionales. Porque Patrice, la quinta esposa, diecinueve años menor que él y que observada desde ciertos ángulos se parece a Marilyn Monroe, cuando descubrió su aventura con una matemática de la Universidad de Berlín reaccionó con una euforia inesperada. Se mudó a otra habitación y antes de que pasara una semana había iniciado una relación con Rodney Tarpin, el …

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3 stars

Solar was a very strange book. It tells the story of Michael Beard, a dissolute former Nobel Prize winner late in life, just floating along between speaking gigs, government panels and spots on company boards. He's gaining weight, getting divorced (for the 5th time) and finds it impossible to get motivated. A few things happen (good and bad) and his life is chronicled. I almost gave up on this book, deciding to follow Hank Stuevers' 50 page rule but before the 50 pages were up, he traveled to the Artic for some pretty interesting comic (mis)adventures and so I stuck with it. Still not sure why, as Beard isn't that attractive, interesting or clever a character. I guess I just wanted to see what happened to him next, and was wondering if it would ever be explained why an aging, overweight, egotistical blowhard like Beard could keep finding women, especially …

Review of 'Solar' on 'LibraryThing'

3 stars

disappointed. while the credits on the jacket testify to McEwan's deft use of the tongue, it took until page 150 before he gave us a glimpse of the title's import. and while the finale is thrilling and fast-paced, it's largely predictable. it's intriguing that our protagonist's name is conflated with Einstein's, and his project has something to do with the implications. i'll await the judgment of physicists, not for the efficacy, but any contact with reality. if there is light at the end of the tunnel, please don't shroud it. apart from raised expectations, it may be a good novel.

Review of 'Solar (Biblioteca Mcewan)' on 'Goodreads'

2 stars

I'm OK with books that have completely detestable main characters, although I

Mostly what annoyed me about this book was that if felt strained and obvious. The metaphors and imagery paid clunky service to THE MESSAGE throughout the book. It's terrifically written, and terribly funny in places, but it's definitely not his best work.

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