Jorge Volpi

In Search of Klingsor (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Already an international bestseller, 'In Search of Klingsor' traces an American physicist's thrilling search to unmask Hitler's chief science advisor, the man whose work on the German atomic bomb threatened Allied security.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780007440306
• Artikelnr.: 40614110

Autorenporträt

An author, scholar and diplomat, Jorge Volpi has a BA in Law and a Master's in Mexican Literature. He is the author of nine novels and collections and is currently the cultural attaché and director of the Mexican Culture Institute in Paris.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Preface
BOOK ONE
Laws of Narrative Motion
LAW I: All narratives are written by a narrator
LAW II: All narrators offer one, singular truth
LAW III: All narrators possess a motive for narrating
Crimes of War
Hypotheses: From Quantum Physics to Espionage
HYPOTHESIS I: On Bacon's Childhood and Early Years
HYPOTHESIS II: On Von Neumann and the War
HYPOTHESIS III: On Einstein and Love
HYPOTHESIS IV: On Gödel's Theory and Marriage
HYPOTHESIS V: On Bacon's Departure for Germany
Brief Autobiographical Disquisitions: From Set Theory to Totalitarianism
DISQUISITION I: Infancy and the End of an Era
DISQUISITION II: Youth and Irrationality
DISQUISITION III: The Arithmetics of Infinity
DISQUISITION IV: Liberty and Lust
DISQUISITION V: The Search for the Absolute
The Uranium Circle
Parallel Universes
The Quest for the Holy Grail
BOOK TWO
Laws of Criminal Motion
LAW I: All crimes are committed by a criminal
LAW II: Every crime is the portrait of a criminal
LAW III: Every criminal possesses a motive
Max Planck, or a Lesson in Faith
Reasons for Discouragement
Johannes Stark, or a Lesson in Infamy
The Game of War
Werner Heisenberg, or a Lesson in Sadness
The Dangers of Observation
Erwin Schrödinger, or a Lesson in Desire
The Laws of Attraction
The Liar's Paradox
The Dimensions of Affection
Niels Bohr, or a Lesson in Will
Chain Reaction
The Uncertainty Principle
Hidden Variables
Kundry's Curse
BOOK THREE
Laws of Traitorous Motion
LAW I: All men are weak
LAW II: All men are liars
LAW III: All men are traitors
Dialogue I: On Those Forgotten by History
The Conspiracy
Dialogue II: On the Rules Governing Chance
The Bomb
Dialogue III: On the Secrets of Destiny
The Realm of the Occult
Dialogue IV: On the Death of Truth
The Betrayal
Dialogue V: On the Privileges of Insanity
Klingsor's Revenge
End Note