Bibliograph

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

Type

Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 450)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The goddess of small victories

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

866615064

Responsibility statement

Yannick Grannec ; translated from the French by Willard Wood

Summary

"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

Target audience

adult

Classification