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

By: Language: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Other Press, 2014.Description: 458 pages : 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781590516362
  • 1590516362
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • PQ2707.R37 D4413 2014
Summary: "Princeton University, 1980. A young and unambitious librarian named Anna Roth is assigned the task of retrieving the records of Kurt Godel--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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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Fiction Hanover Public Library Shelves FIC GRAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31906000974429

Translation of: La déesse des petites victoires.

"A love story"--Jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (page 450).

"Princeton University, 1980. A young and unambitious librarian named Anna Roth is assigned the task of retrieving the records of Kurt Godel--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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