With its sharp, cinematic cuts and rumbling waves of sound, Solaris troubles and tantalises.Īt Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh, until 5 October, then at Lyric Hammersmith, London, 10 October to 2 November. Matters are no easier for Ray, a personality without a past, slowly destroyed by self-awareness.Īll this is consummately staged by Matthew Lutton in a co-production with Melbourne’s Malthouse theatre, bringing a human scale to the otherworldly seascapes and arid spaceship interiors created by designer Hyemi Shin and the technical team. Pulled in two directions – by scientific rigour and human passion – Kris sees an escape from loneliness in the very thing that will make her more isolated. He is as attractive and as inscrutable as the planet itself. Polly Frame, excellent as psychologist Kris, is emotionally torn when Keegan Joyce appears as long-lost boyfriend Ray.

The more real these manifestations become, the greater the existential crisis. The first of Lem’s novels to be published in americanca and still the best known. Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. First, it sends gifts of Earth-like objects, and eventually emissaries in human form. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 - Science fiction - 204 pages. Solaris Paperback by Stanislaw Lem (Author) 4,364 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 0.00 Read with Kindle Unlimited to also enjoy access to over 3 million more titles 4.49 to buy Audiobook 0.00 Free with your Audible trial Hardcover 316.00 2 Used from 316. In Greig’s version, Solaris learns to talk to its visitors step by step, manifesting itself in increasingly sophisticated ways. Stanislaw Lem (1921 2006) is the author of many works bearing the broad label of science fiction and others ranging in genre and style from satire to philosophy. Solaris was written by Polish author Stanislaw Lem in 1961 and has since been regarded as a science fiction classic.

It’s partly also to home in on the themes of loneliness, communication and unknowability. Otherworldly … Hugo Weaving as Dr Gibarian and Keegan Joyce as Ray in Solaris Photograph: Pia Johnson

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