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Newton's Brain

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Description:I want to tell an amusing story, and yet begin at a grave. It is cynical, but I hope that, after a few words of explanation, even tender souls will forgive me.A weird tale of sleight-of-hand, of resurrection, of time travel, from the late 19th century. 'Newton's Brain' by Jakub Arbes, translated from the Czech by Josef Jiří Král, is an example of what the author called a 'romanetto', a very brief novel, often with fantastic elements. Published in English in 'Poet Lore' in 1892, the book tells the story of a young man of science, whose beliefs are tested when his childhood friend shows up unexpectedly—unexpected, because he had died when a sabre split his skull in two during the Austro-Prussian War some months earlier. Convinced that his friend is playing some kind of elaborate ruse, he accepts his invitation to a secretive lecture, at which his friend—who claims to have had his own damaged brain replaced with that of Isaac Newton—promises to reveal everything.JAKUB ARBES (June 12, 1840-April 8, 1914) was a Czech writer. A disciple of Jan Neruda, Arbes would carve out his own niche in the rapidly changing world of European letters, creating the form he called the 'romanetto', brief, proto-detective novels often with Gothic elements, influenced strongly by Edgar Allan Poe. An opponent of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and publisher of political magazines, Arbes would spend 15 months in prison, leaving Prague shortly thereafter to join other expatriates in France.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Newton's Brain. To get started finding Newton's Brain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 108

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Sublunary Editions

Release: 2021

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Description: I want to tell an amusing story, and yet begin at a grave. It is cynical, but I hope that, after a few words of explanation, even tender souls will forgive me.A weird tale of sleight-of-hand, of resurrection, of time travel, from the late 19th century. 'Newton's Brain' by Jakub Arbes, translated from the Czech by Josef Jiří Král, is an example of what the author called a 'romanetto', a very brief novel, often with fantastic elements. Published in English in 'Poet Lore' in 1892, the book tells the story of a young man of science, whose beliefs are tested when his childhood friend shows up unexpectedly—unexpected, because he had died when a sabre split his skull in two during the Austro-Prussian War some months earlier. Convinced that his friend is playing some kind of elaborate ruse, he accepts his invitation to a secretive lecture, at which his friend—who claims to have had his own damaged brain replaced with that of Isaac Newton—promises to reveal everything.JAKUB ARBES (June 12, 1840-April 8, 1914) was a Czech writer. A disciple of Jan Neruda, Arbes would carve out his own niche in the rapidly changing world of European letters, creating the form he called the 'romanetto', brief, proto-detective novels often with Gothic elements, influenced strongly by Edgar Allan Poe. An opponent of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and publisher of political magazines, Arbes would spend 15 months in prison, leaving Prague shortly thereafter to join other expatriates in France.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Newton's Brain. To get started finding Newton's Brain, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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