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Measuring the World：A Novel (Vintage)

内容简介

MeasuringtheWorldmarksthedebutofagloriousnewtalentontheinternationalscene.YoungAustrianwriterDanielKehlmann’sbrilliantcomicnovelrevolvesaroundthemeetingoftwocolossalgeniusesoftheEnlightenment.Lateintheeighteenthcentury,twoyoungGermanssetouttomeasuretheworld.Oneofthem,thearistocraticnaturalistAlexandervonHumboldt,negotiatesjungles,voyagesdowntheOrinocoRiver,tastespoisons,climbsthehighestmountainknowntoman,countsheadlice,andexploresandmeasureseverycaveandhillhecomesacross.Theother,thereclusiveandbarelysocializedmathematicianCarlFriedrichGauss,canprovethatspaceiscurvedwithoutleavinghishome.Terrifyinglyfamousandwildlyeccentric,thesetwopolaroppositesfinallymeetinBerlinin1828,andareimmediatelyembroiledintheturmoilofthepost-Napoleanworld.

作者简介

DanielKehlmannwasbornin1975inMunich,thesonofadirectorandanactress.HeattendedaJesuitcollegeinVienna,traveledwidely,andhaswonseveralawardsforpreviousnovelsandshortstories,mostrecentlythe2005CandideAward.Hisworkshavebeentranslatedintomorethantwentylanguages,andMeasuringtheWorldbecameaninstantbestsellerinseveralEuropeancountries.Kehlmannisspendingthefallof2006aswriter-in-residenceatNewYorkUniversity’sDeutschesHaus.HelivesinVienna.FromtheHardcoveredition.,,

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