The Infinities
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Format: Book
Edition: First American edition.
Description: 273 pages ; 22 cm
On a languid midsummer's day in the countryside, old Adam Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician lies dying. Gathered around him are his family: Adam, his son; Adam's wife; Petra, his daughter; his wife Ursula, stepmother to his children; and his daughter's young man. But the Godley family is not alone in their vigil. Around them hovers a family of mischievious immortals who begin to sir up trouble to sometimes wildly unintended effect.
Subjects:
Terminally ill -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Families -- Ireland -- Fiction.
Mathematicians -- Fiction.
Terminally ill -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
Fathers and sons -- Fiction.
Families -- Ireland -- Fiction.
Mathematicians -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780307272799 (alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Banville | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Adult | In |
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