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In 1940, Francis Bacon, a brilliant young American physicist, is invited to join the prestigious institute at Princeton, the world's foremost physics research facility. But a series of personal indiscretions forces him to accept a different, more sinister, assignment: uncover "Klingsor," Hitler's top adviser on the scientific work in the Third Reich, including the race to create the first atomic bomb.
Bacon's efforts to expose the truth lead him to Gustav Links, a survivor of the attempted coup against Hitler. With Link's help, he continues researching postwar Germany -- in an era when a secret was really a secret and a lie wasn't necessarily a sin -- and falls into a complicated relationship with an alluring woman. His search for Klingsor, an ominous and seemingly omnicient adversary, is part mystery, part psychological puzzle, part witty intellectual game. In Search of Klingsor places real people in speculative historical fiction, combining the ingenuity of a scientific investigation with the suspense of a great espionage novel.
In 1940, Francis Bacon, a brilliant young American physicist, is invited to join the prestigious institute at Princeton, the world's foremost physics research facility. But a series of personal indiscretions forces him to accept a different, more sinister, assignment: uncover "Klingsor," Hitler's top adviser on the scientific work in the Third Reich, including the race to create the first atomic bomb.
Bacon's efforts to expose the truth lead him to Gustav Links, a survivor of the attempted coup against Hitler. With Link's help, he continues researching postwar Germany -- in an era when a secret was really a secret and a lie wasn't necessarily a sin -- and falls into a complicated relationship with an alluring woman. His search for Klingsor, an ominous and seemingly omnicient adversary, is part mystery, part psychological puzzle, part witty intellectual game. In Search of Klingsor places real people in speculative historical fiction, combining the ingenuity of a scientific investigation with the suspense of a great espionage novel.
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
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 420 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781416575139 |
| ISBN-10: | 1416575138 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Volpi, Jorge |
| Hersteller: | Scribner |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jorge Volpi |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.08.2007 |
| Gewicht: | 0,679 kg |
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
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2007 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Romane & Erzählungen |
| Rubrik: | Belletristik |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Seiten: | 420 |
| ISBN-13: | 9781416575139 |
| ISBN-10: | 1416575138 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Ausstattung / Beilage: | Paperback |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Volpi, Jorge |
| Hersteller: | Scribner |
| Maße: | 229 x 152 x 25 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Jorge Volpi |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 01.08.2007 |
| Gewicht: | 0,679 kg |
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