Bryan Walpert
Autor de Entanglement
Sobre El Autor
Bryan Walpert made the New Zealand Best Seller List with his title Native Bird. (Bowker Author Biography)
Obras de Bryan Walpert
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugares de residencia
- USA
New Zealand - Educación
- University of Denver
University of Maryland, College Park - Ocupaciones
- Associate Professor
poet
short story writer - Organizaciones
- Massey University
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 23
- Popularidad
- #537,598
- Valoración
- 3.4
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 8
The protagonist is an American writer, who has been involved in an awful accident in his early life for which he feels responsible. In an attempt to come to terms with this event, he is endeavouring to write a novel. He wants to incorporate time travel in his work, so in 2011 he attends the Centre for Time in Sydney to undergo research on it. While there, he falls in love with a young New Zealand woman.
This all seems straight forward however each chapter alternates from 2019 where the past is revealed in a series of story lead ins, to 2011 where time moves backwards through that six months in residence in Sydney, to Time Travel in the 1970's or is it. Scattered throughout the books are various theories on quantum physics which I found somewhat difficult to follow. It was worth the perseverance though and perhaps I have retained some of the scientific knowledge shared. The main story thread is about love and life and the emotional entanglements, although 'entanglement' is also a scientific term related to physics. This book is shortlisted for the New Zealnd Ockham Awards for fiction and has a very good chance of winning.… (más)