{"product_id":"the-housekeeper-and-the-professor-9780099521341","title":"The Housekeeper and the Professor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHighly original. Infinitely charming. And ever so touching. * Paul Auster *\u003cbr\u003eA perfectly sustained novel (a tribute to Stephen Snyder's smooth translation); like a note prolonged...a pause enabling us to peer intently into the lives of its characters...has all the charm and restraint of any by Ishiguro and the whimsy of Murakami * Los Angeles Times *\u003cbr\u003eBeautiful...the extraordinary Yoko Ogawa casts her spell. Never before has the beauty of maths been so lovingly explored...a tender, gentle book...Ogawa is an original and establishes a world in a paragraph..This is a tale which will leave the reader gasping...Hopefully more of her exciting, thoughtful fiction is heading our way. * Irish Times *\u003cbr\u003eIts unnamed characters suggest archetype or myth; its rapturous concentration on the details of weather and cooking provide a satisfyingly textured foundation * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAlive with mysteries both mathematical and personal\u003cb\u003e,\u003c\/b\u003e this novel has the pared-down elegance of an equation * Oprah magazine *","brand":"Vintage Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48732264628567,"sku":"9780099521341","price":9.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780099521341.jpg?v=1719996191","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-housekeeper-and-the-professor-9780099521341","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}