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This fictional examination of the lives of real-life scientists and thinkers whose discoveries resulted in moral consequences beyond their imagining will captivate listeners.
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“An embellished, heretical, and thoroughly engrossing account of the personalities and creative madness that gave rise to some of the twentieth century’s greatest scientific discoveries.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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“Rattles the prevailing narrative of heroic scientific innovators.”
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“A dystopian nonfiction novel set not in the future but in the present.”
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“Makes an account of modern mathematics and science into something as eerie as a great ghost story.”
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“A dazzling associative caper full of graceful arabesques linking continents and centuries and ideas.”
— Sunday Times (London)
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Finalist for the National Book Award for Translated Literature
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Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize
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A Barack Obama Reading List Pick for Summer
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A London Guardian Pick of Best Books of 2021
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A New Statesman Best Book of the Year
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A New York Times Top 10 Book of 2021
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About Benjamin Labatut
Benjamín Labatut was born in Rotterdam in 1980 and grew up in The Hague, Buenos Aires, and Peru. He published two award-winning works of fiction prior to When We Cease to Understand the World, which is his first book to be translated into English. He lives with his family in Santiago, Chile.
About Adam Barr
Pete Cross is an Earphones Award–winning narrator. He holds a BA in theater from the University of Toledo and an MFA in acting from the California Institute of the Arts. His experience on stage includes Carnegie Hall, and he has also acted in film. He has served on the faculty at Cal Arts and with Aquila Morong Studio in Hollywood. He has coached for film and theatrical productions and continues to work with private clients all over the world.