One Hundred Twenty-One Days

Synopsis

This Debut Novel By Renowned Mathematician Michèle Audin--only The Second Book Ever Published In English By A Female Member Of The Prestigious And Influential Oulipo--follows The Lives Of French Mathematicians Through The World Wars. Oscillating Stylistically From Chapter To Chapter--at Times A Novel, Fable, Historical Research, Diary--one Hundred Twenty-one Days Locks And Unlocks Historical Codes As It Unravels The Tragic Entanglement Of Politics And Science, Culminating In A Wholly Original And Emotionally Powerful Reading Experience.--page [4] Of Cover. A Childhood (1900s) -- Diary Of Marguerite Janvier (1916-1917) -- One Polytechnician, Three Murders, Twenty-two Articles (1917-1939) -- Strasbourg 1939 (transcription Of An Interview With Pierre Meyer, November 2006) -- Journal Of Heinrich Kurz (paris, 1942) -- The Form Of A City... (n., 1943-2005) -- Trip To N. (notes From The Gray Notebook, 2005) -- One Hundred Twenty-one Days -- The Numbers -- The Binder (notes 2006-2010) -- The Form Of A City... (paris, April 25, 2013) -- Supernumerary Chapter (pris-strasbourg, 2009-2013). Michèle Audin ; Translated From The French By Christina Hills. Originally Published In French As Cent Vingt Et Un Jours In 2014 -- Title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.