The Genius and the Goddess (Paperback)

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Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of "half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form." He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens--a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance--bringing the couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps upstairs, John Rivers is moved to set the record straight about the great man and the radiant, elemental creature he married, who viewed the renowned genius through undazzled eyes.


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Thirty years ago, ecstasy and torment took hold of John Rivers, shocking him out of "half-baked imbecility into something more nearly resembling the human form." He had an affair with the wife of his mentor, Henry Maartens--a pathbreaking physicist, winner of the Nobel Prize, and a figure of blinding brilliance--bringing the couple to ruin. Now, on Christmas Eve while a small grandson sleeps upstairs, John Rivers is moved to set the record straight about the great man and the radiant, elemental creature he married, who viewed the renowned genius through undazzled eyes.

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Product Details

General

Imprint

HarperCollinsPublishers

Country of origin

United States

Series

Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Release date

October 2009

Availability

Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days

First published

October 2009

Authors

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Dimensions

201 x 135 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback - Trade

Pages

192

ISBN-13

978-0-06-172490-9

Barcode

9780061724909

Categories

LSN

0-06-172490-4



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