The Solitude Of Prime Numbers

Author: Paolo Giordano

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  • : $32.00 AUD
  • : 9780143118596
  • : Penguin Publishing Group
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  • : March 2011
  • : 195mm X 131mm X 19mm
  • : United States
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Description

"Mesmerizing...an exquisite rendering of what one might call feelings at the subatomic level." -The New York Times A prime number is a lonely thing. It can only be divided by itself or by one, and it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia are both "primes"-misfits haunted by early tragedies. When the two meet as teenagers, they recognize in each other a kindred, damaged spirit. Years later, a chance encounter reunites them and forces a lifetime of concealed emotion to the surface. But can two prime numbers ever find a way to be together? A brilliantly conceived and elegantly written debut novel, The Solitude of Prime Numbers is a stunning meditation on loneliness, love, and what it means to be human.

Author description

Paolo Giordano was born in Turin in 1982. He is working on a doctorate in particle physics. The Solitude of Prime Numbers is his first novel.