'When I was sent by the Soviet state to London to further my
studies in calculus, knowing I would never become a great
mathematician, I strayed instead into the foothills of anthropology
...' It is 1950 and Nikolai Lobachevsky, great-grandson of his
illustrious namesake, is surveying a bog in the Irish Midlands,
where he studies the locals, the land and their ways. One
afternoon, soon after he arrives, he receives a telegram calling
him back to Leningrad for a 'special appointment'. Lobachevsky may
not be a great genius but he is not foolish: he recognises a death
sentence when he sees one and leaves to go into hiding on a small
island in the Shannon estuary, where the island families harvest
seaweed and struggle to split rocks. Here Lobachevsky must think
about death, how to avoid it and whether he will ever see his home
again
General
Imprint: |
Tuskar Rock
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2022 |
First published: |
2022 |
Authors: |
Adrian Duncan
|
Dimensions: |
218 x 144 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Trade binding
|
Pages: |
208 |
Edition: |
Main |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-78816-972-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
|
LSN: |
1-78816-972-7 |
Barcode: |
9781788169721 |
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