{"product_id":"the-newton-letter-paperback-1","title":"The Newton Letter - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Powerful.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Notable Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn unforgettably elegant tale of obsession and the fragile line between reason and desire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this compact literary gem, an historian retreats to a quiet cottage in rural Ireland to complete a biography of Isaac Newton. Why, he must unravel, did Newton suffer a mental collapse in 1693, and why did he write such a strange letter to his friend John Locke--hinting at a personal and philosophical crisis? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as the summer days drift by, work is stalled as he becomes obsessed with the lives of the people around him--stranded Charlotte; doomed, drunken Edward; mysterious Ottilie. The more he tries to decipher the mysterious web of their lives--even while trying to decipher the central mystery of Newton's--he becomes undone by the murky, unmeasurable forces of the human heart. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBanville's prose is lyrical and precise, and \u003ci\u003eThe Newton Letter\u003c\/i\u003e is both a meditation on genius and a portrait of quiet unraveling. A must-read for fans of psychological fiction and literary elegance.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Banville\u003c\/b\u003e is the internationally celebrated author of many novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Sea\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eApril in Spain\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Drowned\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, the Guardian Fiction Award, the Franz Kafka Prize, a Lannan Literary Award for Fiction, and the Prince of Asturias Award for Literature. He lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47533242548473,"sku":"9781567928495","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/jK34coHtj9781567928495_fa5bb297-6184-44dd-a703-64b85ccf5683.webp?v=1773867747","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-newton-letter-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}