Description
A brilliant mathematician lives with a devastating limitation: his short-term memory resets every eighty minutes, leaving him perpetually meeting the world anew. When a devoted housekeeper and her young son enter his life, an extraordinary bond forms as the Professor discovers profound beauty in numbers and their hidden connections to everyday existence. Through elegant equations and mathematical wonder, he reveals a poetic universe to his unlikely family, transforming their lives even as his own memories continuously slip away. Yoko Ogawa's luminous novel explores how human connection transcends the boundaries of memory, asking what it truly means to be present with those we love. This enchanting meditation on loss, belonging, and the redemptive power of mathematics celebrates the profound ways that simple moments and shared wonder can create family.
Available Editions
paperback
Picador
Published Feb 3, 2009
192 pages
ISBN: 9780312427801
paperback
Penguin Random House
Published Jan 1, 2019
192 pages
ISBN: 9781784875442
paperback
Unknown
Published Jan 1, 2022
ISBN: 9785604710487
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Details
First Published
2003
Language
eng
Translation
From: jpn
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Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa.