The solitude of prime numbers was a real pageturner and i read it in a single sitting. Chronicles of the worst buddhist in the world what a shock to open a novel written by a young physicist in italy and find myself there, on every page. Alice and mattia also move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. Eventually, after graduating from college, he reveals to alice the awful secret behind his cutting habit. The solitude of prime numbers, his first novel, has sold over 3 million copies in its native italian, and is being translated into twenty languages. A brilliantly conceived and elegantly written debut novel, the solitude of prime numbers is a stunning meditation on loneliness, love, and what it means to be human.
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Choices are made in a few seconds and paid for in the time that remains. The solitude of prime numbers is sad, dark and perfect. The solitude of prime numbers, paolo giordano, chatelaine book club. A sensation in its native italy, where it has sold more than a million copies, it is a remarkable debut, a moving novel that lays bare the soul and captures what it means to be human. Listen to solitude of prime numbers by paolo giordano at. The solitude of prime numbers hardcover carmichaels. If youd like to read variations on those themes, here are some suggestions. Paolo giordano is completing a phd in physics in turin, while also winning the countrys most. The solitude of prime numbers nashville public library. Im looking for any book similar to the solitude of prime numbers. A meditation on loneliness and love, the solitude of prime numbers asks, can we ever truly be whole when were in love with another. The solitude of prime numbers by giordano, paolo, 1982publication date 2010 topics life change events, solitude publisher new york. The thing about these numbers is that they will always, till the end of the world, be separated by a wall, a number, be it 18, 42 and many others.
Alice and mattia, too, move on their own axis, alone with their personal tragedies. Paolo giordano misfits alice and mattia bond as teens over shared experiences of suffering before mathematically gifted mattia accepts a research position that takes him far away, a situation that restores their. How they became damaged is the baggage they carry with them that affects everything they do. The carefully woven plot and how alices and mattias life never form a. As a sevenyearold girl, alice della rocca is forced by her father to take skiing lessons, although she hates the ski school and has no particular aptitude for the sport. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the solitude of prime numbers. Alice and mattia, both primes, are misfits who seem destined to be alone. The other kids were already there, standing like little soldiers in a.
He was starting out on his doctoral research and there was an implicit. Buy the solitude of prime numbers by giordano, paolo from amazons fiction books store. The solitude of prime numbers hints at the scientific background of its 27yearold italian author. The solitude of prime numbers large print book, 2010. Find books like the elegance of the hedgehog from the worlds largest community of readers. A bestselling international literary sensation about whether a prime number can ever truly. Click on a title, author name or category to see similar books. The solitude of prime numbers, by paulo giordano the. Alex, stacy and i chat about the conclusion of paolo giordanos the solitude of prime numbers from page 181end, musing on isolation, happiness and love, along with what constitutes a happy. Then there are prime numbers like 17 and 19, 41 and 43 and so on. Similar books like the solitude of prime numbers tastedive. From the author of heaven and earth, a sensational novel about whether a prime number can ever truly connect with someone else a prime number is inherently a solitary thing. A bestselling international literary sensation about whether a prime number can ever truly connect with someone else a prime number can only be divided by itself or by oneit never truly fits with another. The solitude of prime numbers is a work of creative intelligence.
A cinematic adaptation of the novel was directed by saverio costanzo and released in 2010. The two share similar pain, dictated by their own exceptional nature. Alice nearly dying in a skiing accident after trying to impress her demanding father, and mattia leaving and ultimately losing his mentally disabled sister, michela, in order to attend a friends birthday party without her as an embarrassing sidekick. When it was released, in 2008, the book was a real best seller. Paolo giordano is the author of the critically acclaimed like family and the human body, as well as the international bestseller the solitude of prime numbers, which has been translated into more than forty languages, as well as his new publication, how contagion works. The solitude of prime numbers is a stunning meditation on loneliness, love, and the weight of childhood experience. See all books authored by paolo giordano, including the solitude of prime numbers, and like family, and more on. If youre enjoying the solitude of prime numbers, check out these books.