Kepler (novel)

1981 historical novel by John Banville

First edition
(publ. Secker & Warburg)
Cover art: Albrecht Dürer, Knight, Death and the Devil, 1513)

Kepler is a novel by John Banville, first published in 1981.

In Kepler Banville recreates Prague despite never having been there when he wrote it.[1][2] A historical novel, it won the 1981 Guardian Fiction Prize.[3]

## References

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1. ^ O'Connor, Coilin (30 July 2006). "John Banville: Using words to paint pictures of "magical" Prague". Radio Prague. Retrieved 30 July 2006.
2. ^ "Prague Pictures by John Banville". The Independent. 13 September 2003. Retrieved 13 September 2003.
3. ^ Dooley, Jeff (7 May 1983). "Kepler Astronomer's Story". Pittsburgh Press.

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Works by John Banville

Novels|

* Doctor Copernicus (1976)
* Kepler (1981)
* The Newton Letter (1982)
* The Book of Evidence (1989)
* Ghosts (1993)
* Athena (1995)
* The Untouchable (1997)
* Eclipse (2000)
* Shroud (2002)
* The Sea (2005)
* The Infinities (2009)
* Ancient Light (2012)

Short stories|

* Long Lankin (1970)

Plays|

* Todtnauberg (2006)

Screenwriter|

* Reflections (1984)
* The Last September (1999)
* Albert Nobbs (2011)
* The Sea (2013)

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The Guardian's Guardian Fiction Prize

1965–1970|

* Crumb Borne by Clive Barry (1965)
* The Dear Green Place by Archie Hind (1966)
* Winter Journey by Eva Figes (1967)
* A Song and a Dance by P. J. Kavanagh (1968)
* Poor Lazarus by Maurice Leitch (1969)
* When Did You Last See your Father? by Margaret Blount (1970)

1971–1980|

* The Big Chapel by Thomas Kilroy (1971)
* G by John Berger (1972)
* In the Country of the Skin by Peter Redgrove (1973)
* The Bottle Factory Outing by Beryl Bainbridge (1974)
* Friends and Romans by Sylvia Clayton (1975)
* Falstaff by Robert Nye (1976)
* The Condition of Muzak by Michael Moorcock (1977)
* The Murderer by Roy Heath (1978)
* Night in Tunisia by Neil Jordan and The House of Hunger by Dambudzo Marechera (1979)
* A Month in the Country by J. L. Carr (1980)

1981–1990|

* Kepler by John Banville (1981)
* Where I Used to Play on the Green by Glyn Hughes (1982)
* Waterland by Graham Swift (1983)
* Empire of the Sun by J. G. Ballard (1984)
* Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd (1985)
* Continent by Jim Crace (1986)
* The Levels by Peter Benson (1987)
* Sweet Desserts by Lucy Ellmann (1988)
* Rosehill: Portrait from a Midlands City by Carol Lake (1989)
* Shape-Shifter by Pauline Melville (1990)

1991–1998|

* The Devil's Own Work by Alan Judd (1991)
* Poor Things by Alasdair Gray (1992)
* The Eye in the Door by Pat Barker (1993)
* Debatable Land by Candia McWilliam (1994)
* Heart's Journey in Winter by James Buchan (1995)
* Reading in the Dark by Seamus Deane (1996)
* Fugitive Pieces by Anne Michaels (1997)
* Trumpet by Jackie Kay (1998)

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