| The Mathematics of Love Contributor(s): Darwin, Emma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0061140279 ISBN-13: 9780061140273 Publisher: Harper Perennial OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: "The Mathematics of Love" is a poignant chronicle of two people, separated by centuries, whose lives--amazingly, impossibly--become interwoven in a brilliant tapestry of tragedy, memory, and time. Following alternate but intimately connected stories--of a curious, promiscuous teenager in her season of exile and awakening in the English countryside in 1976, and a nineteenth-century soldier damaged on the fields of Waterloo, struggling to find his way back to life with the help of a compassionate, extraordinary woman--Emma Darwin's breathtaking narrative brilliantly evokes the horrors of war, the pain of loss, the heat of passion, and the enduring power of love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Romance - Historical - Regency - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: P.S. |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 5.36" W x 8.02" (0.71 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1970's - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Mathematics of Love is a poignant chronicle of two people, separated by centuries, whose lives--amazingly, impossibly--become interwoven in a brilliant tapestry of tragedy, memory, and time. Following alternate but intimately connected stories--of a curious, promiscuous teenager in her season of exile and awakening in the English countryside in 1976, and a nineteenth-century soldier damaged on the fields of Waterloo, struggling to find his way back to life with the help of a compassionate, extraordinary woman--Emma Darwin's breathtaking narrative brilliantly evokes the horrors of war, the pain of loss, the heat of passion, and the enduring power of love. |
Contributor Bio(s): Darwin, Emma: - Emma Darwin studied drama and theatre arts at Birmingham University and then worked in academic publishing before turning to photography and writing. A great-great-granddaughter of Charles Darwin and his wife, Emma Wedgwood, Emma now lives in London with her two children. The author of The Mathematics of Love, she is finishing a Ph.D. in creative writing at Goldsmiths College. |