
Mrs. Einstein
A Novel
Anna McGrail(Author)
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 15. May 1998
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-0-393-04611-3 (ISBN)
Description
The facts are these: When Albert Einstein was a young man, his wife-to-be gave birth to a daughter, Lieserl, whom they soon gave up for adoption to a Hungarian woman. Beyond that, Lieserl Einstein is lost to history.
But not to literature. Anna McGrail has imagined an amazing yet plausible life for this indomitable woman, one that spans the scientific history of the modern world from the theory of relativity to the atomic bomb and that moves from the plains of rural Hungary to the death camps of Germany to the laboratory at Los Alamos where the entire world was put under threat of annihilation. It is Lieserl's sole burning desire to learn physics, to beat her father at his own game, to teach him that his actions-whether giving away a daughter or unlocking the secrets of the universe-have consequences that cannot be denied. In that she will succeed-but at what cost to herself and to the world?
An extraordinary tour de force of the literary imagination, written with utter confidence and panache. A novel certain to be widely reviewed, debated, and read. This breathtaking book will appeal to readers of works as diverse as Sophie's World and Jane Mendelssohn's I Was Amelia Earhart.
But not to literature. Anna McGrail has imagined an amazing yet plausible life for this indomitable woman, one that spans the scientific history of the modern world from the theory of relativity to the atomic bomb and that moves from the plains of rural Hungary to the death camps of Germany to the laboratory at Los Alamos where the entire world was put under threat of annihilation. It is Lieserl's sole burning desire to learn physics, to beat her father at his own game, to teach him that his actions-whether giving away a daughter or unlocking the secrets of the universe-have consequences that cannot be denied. In that she will succeed-but at what cost to herself and to the world?
An extraordinary tour de force of the literary imagination, written with utter confidence and panache. A novel certain to be widely reviewed, debated, and read. This breathtaking book will appeal to readers of works as diverse as Sophie's World and Jane Mendelssohn's I Was Amelia Earhart.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 218 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
509 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-04611-3 (9780393046113)
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Anna McGrail is the author of a previous novel, Blood Sisters. She lives in Brighton, England.