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The housekeeper and the professor

Yoko Ogawa ; translated the Japanese by Stephen Snyder

(Vintage Japanese classic seriese)

Vintage, [2019]

Other Title

Hakase no aishita suushiki

博士の愛した数式

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"First published in 2010 by vintage"--T.p. verso

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is one of those books written in such lucid, unpretentious language that reading it is like looking into a deep pool of clear water...Dive into Yoko Ogawa's world and you find yourself tugged by forces more felt than seen' New York Times Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper than memory. VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.

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Details

  • NCID
    BB29415086
  • ISBN
    • 9781784875442
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    jpn
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    180 p.
  • Size
    19 cm
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