The release date for the English version of 'Einstein’s Dreams' by
Alan Lightman is Nov 2004. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A contemporary masterpiece, Einstein's Dreams is a made-up mosaic of tales based on dreams Albert Einstein had in 1905 while working in a Swiss patent office. The sensitive but stubborn young genius imagines a multitude of scenarios as he develops his theory of relativity, a novel understanding of time. In one, humans are destined to repeatedly experience both successes and setbacks because time is cyclical. In a different, lovers and parents holding onto their kids visit a land where time remains still. In still another, time is a nightingale that is sometimes caught in a bell jar.
Around the globe, playwrights, dancers, singers, and artists have drawn inspiration from Einstein's Dreams, which has been translated into thirty languages. It examines the relationship between science and art, the creative process, and ultimately the frailty of human life via lyrical vignettes.