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"Dr. Copernicus" is the opening work of Irish literary master John Banville's "Scientific Trilogy" and won the James Tait Black Memorial Award. The novel is set in the turbulent Europe of the 16th century and tells the life of Nicolaus Copernicus, the founder of modern astronomy. During his medical and teaching career in remote areas of Poland, Copernicus not only had to face the chaotic political situation and church conspiracies, but he was also deeply involved in the complicated and entangled family ties with his brother Andrei. Surrounded by loneliness, doubt and the shadow of death, he always maintained his persistent pursuit of the order of the universe. With delicate, cold and extremely poetic writing, Banville restored a "mortal" Copernicus who struggled between reason and faith, truth and fiction, showing how he extracted the "secret music of the world" from complex appearances, and finally proposed the "heliocentric theory", breaking the medieval cosmology and opening a new era of science.

This is an intellectual novel that explores the nature of rational order and chaos. It is also John Banville's profound examination of the limits of human cognition. The protagonist Gabriel Swann is a mathematical genius who lost his twin brother at birth. This initial loss made him obsessed with finding the symmetry of the world throughout his life, trying to build a harmonious universe with strict logic. In order to escape the banality of daily life, he came to the desolate and mysterious Ashbourne Manor, intending to delve into the mathematical truths that analyze the world. However, he met the eccentric Caspar, the bohemian Felix, and the mute but very seductive Sophie in the manor. As he is drawn into this vortex of family secrets, desires and violent conflicts, a sudden mine explosion not only destroys the tranquility of the manor, but also completely shatters Swann's obsession with logic and order.

"Kepler" is the second part of Irish literary master John Banville's "Science Trilogy" and won the 1981 British "Guardian" Novel Award. The novel is based on the European Scientific Revolution and the "Thirty Years' War" in the 17th century. Through the interweaving of fiction and historical facts, the novel reconstructs the legendary life of the great German astronomer and mathematician Johannes Kepler. The novel cleverly uses Kepler's five scientific masterpieces - "The Mystery of the Universe", "New Astronomy", "Refraction Optics", "Harmony of the World" and "Dream" - as chapter titles to connect his life of tireless scientific research. In Banville's writing, Kepler is no longer just a heroic figure in textbooks, but a real "mortal" caught in religious conflicts, war turmoil, and family misfortune.

Vander is an outstanding senior scholar. However, he is not as simple as he seems. One day, a letter arrives unexpectedly, threatening to reveal his secret and his true identity to the world. So Vander rushed to Turin to meet the letterer - a mysterious woman named Catherine... John Banville is a master of sculpting language. He uses diamond-like elegance and light to depict deception, fear, desire and death.

This is a story about obsession and the fragile boundary between reason and desire. A historian retreats to a quiet cottage in the Irish countryside to write a biography of Isaac Newton. However, his creative work came to a standstill when he became immersed in a mysterious letter written by Newton in 1693 - a letter that vaguely revealed a spiritual crisis on a personal and philosophical level. As historians try to decipher the letter's meaning, his own life spirals out of control and into chaos. He cannot help but become involved in the lives of those around him. His concentration on writing and his clear understanding of reality are slowly crumbling. Like Newton, it was not science that defeated him, but the dark and immeasurable emotional undercurrents deep in human nature. Banville's writing is both lyrical and precise. "Newton's Letters" is both a profound meditation on genius and a delicate picture of the quiet collapse of human nature. For readers who love psychological novels and elegant literature, this book is not to be missed.

"Collected Works of John Banville" brings together six core works of Irish literary master Banville: "Dr. Copernicus", "Kepler", "Newton's Letters", "Mephistopheles", "Birch Grove" and "Daydreams". Among them, "Dr. Copernicus", "Kepler" and "Newton's Letters" belong to the "Science Trilogy" series, which is Banville's classic exploration of the integration of science and literature in the early stages of his creative career. This series of novels vividly restores the turning moments in the history of human thought through the interweaving of fiction and historical facts, establishing the unique intellectual charm and aesthetic style of Banville's science fiction. Banville perfectly integrates Nabokov's language aesthetics and Beckett's existential anxiety. In the collision of fiction and truth, he builds a cold, dazzling and profound intellectual labyrinth for readers. This collection of works is a quiet yet devastating critique of empiricism. It declares the false reputation of theory, but allows real life to surge out from the cracks in the order.

A classic by John Banville, a popular candidate for the Nobel Prize and winner of the Booker Prize! The pinnacle of mystery novels in recent years! The perfect combination of ancient reasoning elements × the evils of modern human nature! In 1957, a parish priest died mysteriously in the mysterious ancestral home of the Osborne family. Inspector St. John Strafford was sent from Dublin to investigate. As the blizzard rages, local residents remain silent. Despite the obstacles he faces, he remains determined to find the killer. As the investigation deepens, he discovers that the Osborne family is hiding an ulterior secret... Booker Prize winner John Banville adopts a classic suspense novel structure and writes a meticulously crafted novel that eliminates the boundaries between literary novels and crime novels, making it difficult to put down.