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ISBN: 9780061626722
Author: Jorge Volpi
Spanish Description : En un contexto histórico fascinante, Jorge Volpi concibe y ejecuta temas de suma trascendencia como son la relación entre la ciencia y el mal y la búsqueda de la verdad. El joven teniente Francis P. Bacon recibe la orden de capturar al científico que controló las investigaciones atómicas del Tercer Reich. Como Mefistófeles de Hitler, Klingsor, su nombre clave, supervisaba la organización secreta de físicos y místicos de las SS dedicada a resolver la construcción de la bomba atómica. Mientras persigue las huellas de Klingsor, y con ellas el rastro de complicidad de la élite alemana en los protocolos del horror, el teniente Bacon descubre a su vez los escurridizos dilemas del amor y el sexo, los disfraces de la personalidad, la infinita sutileza de la mentira, cayendo de bruces en la desgarradora encrucijada de la incertidumbre moral que preside nuestra época. De lectura a la vez turbulenta y cautivadora, enteramente alejada de los patrones usuales de la narrativa hispánica, En busca de Klingsor es un asombroso examen del dilema faustiano que en nuestro siglo, ha encarado a muchos con la atracción del horror.
English Description : Broad in scope and supremely ambitious, this novel (the first in a projected trilogy) by Mexican writer Volpi succeeds at several levels as a thriller about a U.S. military officer seeking to ferret out the identity of the scientist who directed Nazi research during WWII, as a scientific search for truth by a physicist who encounters Einstein, Von Neumann, Schrodinger, Neils Bohr and other great minds of the 20th century and as a literary novel about a moral quest to destroy an evil that dates back to ancient German folklore. The framework for the novel is a scientific duel between Francis Bacon, the young American physicist who draws the assignment of trying to track down "Klingsor," the mysterious, diabolical head of Nazi research, and Gustav Links, a German physicist who worked on the Nazi atomic team and who agrees to help Bacon. Bacon balks at being assigned to Germany in the postwar years, but when he locates Links he embarks on a fascinating scientific journey that involves realistic and compelling meetings with the likes of Heisenberg, G"del and Schr"dinger. Heisenberg is the most promising suspect, but Bacon begins to doubt the physicist's guilt when he becomes involved with a German woman named Irene who begins to insist that Links is the culprit. Volpi's impeccable, extensive research provides the fuel for much of his taut prose, but he also mixes in plenty of poetic passages about the nature of physics, observation and discovery. The guessing game as to Klingsor's true identity provides considerable suspense, and Volpi adds resonance and moral weight by reaching back into German folklore. In an era in which science has become the primary vehicle for moving society forward, Volpi offers a poignant, powerful reminder of the potential and the peril involved when we harness the forces of nature.
Publisher: Rayo
Pages: 592
Binding: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1.6 inches
Pub. Date: 2008
