Items related to Measuring the World
Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmann's brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment.
Late in the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the aristocratic naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, negotiates jungles, voyages down the Orinoco River, tastes poisons, climbs the highest mountain known to man, counts head lice, and explores and measures every cave and hill he comes across. The other, the reclusive and barely socialized mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, can prove that space is curved without leaving his home. Terrifyingly famous and wildly eccentric, these two polar opposites finally meet in Berlin in 1828, and are immediately embroiled in the turmoil of the post-Napolean world.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Review:
From the Publisher:
"A masterfully realized, wonderfully entertaining and deeply satisfying novel. . . . Addictively readable and genuinely and deeply funny."
--Los Angeles Times
"Kehlmann's lightly surreal style [is] a mixture of comedy, romance and the macabre, with flashes of magical realism that read like Borges in the Black Forest."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Elegant and measured in design and expression. . . . What distinguishes Kehlmann are quickness of pace and lightness of touch."
--The New York Times Book Review
Reviews for Measuring the World:
Measuring the World has proved nothing less than a literary sensation...
the novel has sold more than 600,000 copies in Germany, knocking J K
Rowling and Dan Brown off the bestseller lists... it is the most successful
German novel since Patrick Suskind's Perfume... 31-year-old Daniel Kehlmann
is a literary wunderkind already being compared to Nabokov and Proust -
Guardian
I felt so enlivened by reading this delightful novel, finishing the book
with such good cheer and hope... the sense of boundless possibility, the
excitement of discovery...optimism and hope...a wonderful novel instantly
clamouring to be made my top choice - Sue Baker, Publishing News
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherVintage
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0307277399
- ISBN 13 9780307277398
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages272
- Rating
Other Popular Editions of the Same Title
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Seller Image
Measuring the World: A Novel by Kehlmann, Daniel [Paperback ]
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft Cover. Condition: new. Seller Inventory # 9780307277398
Buy New
£ 11.64
Convert currency
Seller Image
Measuring the World: A Novel
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: New. Book. Seller Inventory # ABE-1668702170641
Buy New
£ 12.41
Convert currency
Seller Image
Buy New
£ 10.37
Convert currency
Stock Image
Measuring the World Format: Paperback
Published by
Penguin Random House
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0307277399
ISBN 13: 9780307277398
New
Softcover
Quantity: > 20
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Brand New. Seller Inventory # 0307277399
Buy New
£ 9.39
Convert currency
Seller Image
Measuring the World (Paperback)
Published by
Random House USA Inc, New York
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0307277399
ISBN 13: 9780307277398
New
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Measuring the World marks the debut of a glorious new talent on the international scene. Young Austrian writer Daniel Kehlmanns brilliant comic novel revolves around the meeting of two colossal geniuses of the Enlightenment. Late in the eighteenth century, two young Germans set out to measure the world. One of them, the aristocratic naturalist Alexander von Humboldt, negotiates jungles, voyages down the Orinoco River, tastes poisons, climbs the highest mountain known to man, counts head lice, and explores and measures every cave and hill he comes across. The other, the reclusive and barely socialized mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, can prove that space is curved without leaving his home. Terrifyingly famous and wildly eccentric, these two polar opposites finally meet in Berlin in 1828, and are immediately embroiled in the turmoil of the post-Napolean world. A bestseller in Germany, this brilliant and gently comic novel chronicles the lives of two young geniuses who, during the Enlightenment of the 18th century, set out to measure the world. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780307277398
Buy New
£ 16.12
Convert currency
Stock Image
Measuring the World
Published by
Random House
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0307277399
ISBN 13: 9780307277398
New
Softcover
Quantity: 3
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. pp. 272. Seller Inventory # 26703429
Buy New
£ 14.12
Convert currency
Stock Image
Measuring the World: A Novel
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. Buy with confidence! Book is in new, never-used condition. Seller Inventory # bk0307277399xvz189zvxnew
Buy New
£ 17.41
Convert currency
Stock Image
Measuring the World: A Novel
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: New. New! This book is in the same immaculate condition as when it was published. Seller Inventory # 353-0307277399-new
Buy New
£ 17.41
Convert currency
Stock Image
Measuring the World
Published by
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2007-10-09, New York
(2007)
ISBN 10: 0307277399
ISBN 13: 9780307277398
New
paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description paperback. Condition: New. Language: ENG. Seller Inventory # 9780307277398
Buy New
£ 16
Convert currency
Stock Image
Measuring the World: A Novel
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0307277399
Buy New
£ 17.85
Convert currency