The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Alice and Mattia move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child Alice's overbearing father drove her first to a terrible skiing accident, and then to anorexia. When she meets Mattia she recognises a kindred spirit, and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret.
"A very accomplished book..A melancholic, but strangely beautiful, read. Shaun Whiteside's translation is exemplary and the acute descriptions of teenage competitiveness, angst and aspiration bring to mind Alan Warner's writing." Guardian "In clear, heartbreakingly precise prose, the youngest ever winner of the prestigious Premio Strega (the Italian Man Booker) explores how trauma and guilt can capsize emotional stability and leave the vulnerable in a wash of unease and loss...a stunning achievement" Daily Mail "Moving...masterful...elegantly discreet" Times Literary Supplement "An elegant fable...its recurring themes of loneliness and longing shimmer through trim and supple prose" Prospect Magazine "Genius...everybody can find in Giordano's book a small piece of himself" Il Giornale
Paolo Giordano was born in Turin in 1982. He is working on a doctorate in particle physics. The Solitude of Prime Numbers, his first novel, has sold over a million copies in its native Italian, and is being translated into twenty languages. It won Italy's answer to the Man Booker Prize, the Premio Strega Award.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780385616249 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385616244 |
| Title | The Solitude of Prime Numbers |
| Author | Paolo Giordano |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Transworld Publishers Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-06-04 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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