Kepler (novel)

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

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

Works by John Banville

Novels	Nightspawn (1971) Birchwood (1973) Doctor Copernicus (1976) Kepler (1981) The Newton Letter (1982) Mefisto (1986) The Book of Evidence (1989) Ghosts (1993) Athena (1995) The Ark (1996) The Untouchable (1997) Eclipse (2000) Shroud (2002) The Sea (2005) The Infinities (2009) Ancient Light (2012) The Blue Guitar (2015)

Short stories	Long Lankin (1970)

Plays	The Broken Jug (1994) Seachange (1994) Dublin 1742 (2002) God's Gift (2000) Love in the Wars (2005) Todtnauberg (2006)

Non-fiction	Prague Pictures: Portrait of a City (2003) Time Pieces: A Dublin Memoir (2016)

Screenwriter	Reflections (televised adaptation of The Newton Letter; 1984) Seascapes (TV film; 1994) The Last September (1999) Albert Nobbs (2011) The Sea (2013)

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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