Mathematics: – $275
by rgonzalezr
Longtime Oulipo member Jacques Roubaud’s homage to one of the great passions of his life: mathematics . . . The third “branch” of Jacques Roubaud’s epic, Proustian Great Fire of London, Mathématique: is also an excellent entrance into the series. Adopting math as a career relatively late in his studies, Roubaud here narrates his difficulties both personal and pedagogical, while also investigating the role of mathematics in his life as a remedy to all the messiness of lived experience. “I sought […]
Categories: Matematicas, Memorias • Tags: 2012, arithmetics, Dalkey Archive, Literary, Math, Mathematics, Oulipo, Roubaud