Publication

2010-03-09 - Vintage

Language

English

Word Count

72,000 words, Guess

Page Count

288 pages

Physical Format

Paperback

Identifiers

  • ISBN-101400077605
  • ISBN-139781400077601
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010278537
  • OCLC Control Number419802182
  • Better World Books9781400077601
and 2 more

Classifications

  • LCCPT2662.E7 K613 2010
  • LCCPT2662.E7 K613 1990

Description

"The scientist Roithamer has dedicated the last six years of his life to “the Cone,” an edifice of mathematically exact construction that he has erected in the center of his family’s estate in honor of his beloved sister. Not long after its completion, he takes his own life. As an unnamed friend pieces together—literally, from thousands of slips of papers and one troubling manuscript—the puzzle of Rotheimer’s breakdown, what emerges is the story of a genius ceaselessly compelled to correct and refine his perceptions until the only logical conclusion is the negation of his own soul."--

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