{"product_id":"the-mathematicians-shiva-a-novel","title":"The Mathematician's Shiva: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rojstaczer, Stuart\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrand:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eColor:\u003c\/b\u003e Black\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition:\u003c\/b\u003e First Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber Of Pages:\u003c\/b\u003e 366\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e WINNER OF THE 2014 NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING DEBUT FICTION\n\nFor readers of This Is Where I Leave You and Everything Is Illuminated, \"a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history and humor\" (Jonathan Evison, author of West of Here)\n\nWhen the greatest female mathematician in history passes away, her son, Alexander \"Sasha\" Karnokovitch, just wants to mourn his mother in peace. But rumor has it the notoriously eccentric Polish émigré has solved one of the most difficult problems in all of mathematics, and has spitefully taken the solution to her grave. As a ragtag group of mathematicians from around the world descends upon Rachela's shiva, determined to find the proof or solve it for themselves--even if it means prying up the floorboards for notes or desperately scrutinizing the mutterings of her African Grey parrot--Sasha must come to terms with his mother's outsized influence on his life.\n\nSpanning decades and continents, from a crowded living room in Madison, Wisconsin, to the windswept beach on the Barents Sea where a young Rachela had her first mathematical breakthrough, The Mathematician's Shiva is an unexpectedly moving and uproariously funny novel that captures humanity's drive not just to survive, but to achieve the impossible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143126317\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 02-09-2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Note:\u003c\/b\u003e Book is in good condition! The cover has light wear from use. The pages look good with light wear and no marks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedGood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePartNumber:\u003c\/b\u003e 0143126318_used\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47618528739618,"sku":"1049669836","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0723\/8831\/3378\/products\/41a6kXVL18L_d68a93e4-bcff-4f1b-b2ab-36302099cfa3.jpg?v=1708429677","url":"https:\/\/anthembooks.com\/products\/the-mathematicians-shiva-a-novel","provider":"Anthem Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}