Bibliograph

The goddess of small victories, Yannick Grannec ; translated from the French by Willard Wood

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The goddess of small victories, Yannick Grannec ; translated from the French by Willard Wood

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-450)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The goddess of small victories

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

866615064

Responsibility statement

Yannick Grannec ; translated from the French by Willard Wood

Summary

"Princeton University, 1980. A young and unambitious librarian named Anna Roth is assigned the task of retrieving the records of Kurt Gödel--the most fascinating and hermetic mathematician of the 20th century. Her mission consists of befriending and ultimately taming the great man's widow Adele, a notoriously bitter woman set on taking belated revenge against the establishment by refusing to hand over these documents of immeasurable historical value. But as Anna soon finds out, Adele has a story of her own to tell"--Amazon.com

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