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Oh pure and radiant heart

By Fermi , Enrico , Enrico; Oppenheimer , J. Robert; Szilard , Leo; Oppenheimer , Leo; Millet , Lydia; Fermi

Book information

Publisher
Soft Skull Press
Year
2005
ISBN
9781306435789, 1306435781, 978-1-593763-13-8, 1593763131
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
470 kB (481731 bytes)
Pages
500\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
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Acclaimed author Lydia Millet's latest novel is a black-comic tour de force depicting atomic bomb creators Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Despite being dead, these scientists are spotted in Santa Fe by a shy librarian named Ann. She becomes convinced they are real and, to the dismay of her husband, devotes herself to them. The trio quickly acquire a sugar daddy? a young pothead millionaire from Tokyo? and a vast cult following of hippies, Christians, New Agers, bikers, A-bomb survivors, and curious anthropologists who join them on an RV pilgrimage to Washington, D.C. Read more... Abstract: Acclaimed author Lydia Millet's latest novel is a black-comic tour de force depicting atomic bomb creators Robert Oppenheimer, Enrico Fermi, and Leo Szilard. Despite being dead, these scientists are spotted in Santa Fe by a shy librarian named Ann. She becomes convinced they are real and, to the dismay of her husband, devotes herself to them. The trio quickly acquire a sugar daddy? a young pothead millionaire from Tokyo? and a vast cult following of hippies, Christians, New Agers, bikers, A-bomb survivors, and curious anthropologists who join them on an RV pilgrimage to Washington, D.C

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