The Solitude of Prime Numbers: A Novel

Penguin Books

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UPC:
9780143118596
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
3/29/2011
Release Date:
3/29/2011
Author:
Paolo Giordano
Language:
english
Edition:
Reprint
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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.