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4083946The Mathematicians Shivahttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-mathematicians-shiva-9780698152205/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3870026/f83e8c5a-8d79-4157-8120-bd13f1987efe.jpg?v=638385999883170000106117MXNPenguin Publishing GroupInStock/Ebooks/<p>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTION</p><p>For readers of <em>This Is Where I Leave You</em> and <em>Everything Is Illuminated,</em> a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor (Jonathan Evison, author of <em>West of Here</em>)</p><p>When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander Sasha Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics, and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachelas shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselveseven if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrotSasha must come to terms with his mothers outsized influence on his life.</p><p>Spanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, <em>The Mathematicians Shiva</em> is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanitys drive not just to survive, but to achieve the impossible.</p>...4019950The Mathematicians Shiva106117https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-mathematicians-shiva-9780698152205/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3870026/f83e8c5a-8d79-4157-8120-bd13f1987efe.jpg?v=638385999883170000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20149780698152205_W3siaWQiOiI2N2IwOWEzMi02MWZlLTRkYzEtYjZjZC00ZmQ0MmE1ZWM4MzIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjEyNCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjEyLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjExMiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDYtMDhUMDM6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA2LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiI1YTc3OGMxNS00ODc4LTQ3MmItYTVlMC0xZjg3NTIzMDg3MDIiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjExNywiZGlzY291bnQiOjExLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDctMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780698152205_<p>WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTION</p><p>For readers of <em>This Is Where I Leave You</em> and <em>Everything Is Illuminated,</em> a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor (Jonathan Evison, author of <em>West of Here</em>)</p><p>When the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander Sasha Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics, and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachelas shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselveseven if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrotSasha must come to terms with his mothers outsized influence on his life.</p><p>Spanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, <em>The Mathematicians Shiva</em> is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanitys drive not just to survive, but to achieve the impossible.</p>...9780698152205_Penguin Publishing Grouplibro_electonico_2db1f58f-8175-329e-802c-b3a582f809ab_9780698152205;9780698152205_9780698152205Stuart RojstaczerInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/PenguinUS-epub-adb43d19-da52-4f65-a54b-b46bce75e099.epub2014-09-02T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Publishing Group