The Solitude of Prime Numbers: A Novel

Book Ranked #17303 | 2010 - Novels, Literature
From the author of Heaven and Earth, a sensational novel about whether a "prime number" can ever truly connect with someone else  A prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one: it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia, too, move on their own axis, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child, Alice’s overbearing father drove her first to a terrible skiing accident, and then to anorexia. When she meets Mattia she recognizes a kindred, tortured spirit, and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret: that as a boy he abandoned his mentall ... More from Google
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