The goddess of small victories
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Author
Grannec, Yannick,
Contributors
Wood, Willard, translator.
Published
New York : Other Press, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
458 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Published
New York : Other Press, [2014].
Language
English

Notes

General Note
Translation of: La déesse des petites victoires.
General Note
"A love story"--Jacket.
General Note
Includes a conversation with author (pages 452-458).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (page 450).
Description
"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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Subjects

LC Subjects
Fiction.
Gödel, Kurt -- Family -- Fiction.
Gödel, Kurt -- Fiction.
Mathematicians -- Fiction.
Women librarians -- Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Refugees -- Austria -- Fiction.
Other Subjects
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.