Flatland

Flatland - Edwin A. Abbott

Set in a two-dimensional world inhabited by lines and geometric figures, Flatland follows A. Square as an encounter with a larger reality changes the way he understands existence. The novel combines a geometric thought experiment with a satire of Victorian manners and turns both into a reflection on how little we may perceive of the universe around us.

A society drawn in two dimensions

Life in Flatland exists on a plane, ordered by shape, rank and rigid convention. Abbott builds this setting with precision, using its strict rules to show how a closed system can shape both knowledge and social behavior.

A. Square's altered perspective

When A. Square is forced to look beyond the limits of his own world, the book shifts from formal wit to larger questions about reality, perception and the structures people accept as complete simply because they cannot imagine anything else.

"At once a playful brainteaser about geometry, a pointed satire of Victorian manners - and a strangely compelling argument about the greatest mysteries of the Universe" Wall Street Journal

"Flatland could lead to very profound thought about our Universe and ourselves" Isaac Asimov

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Inne książki autora: Edwin A. Abbott