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Title: The Discovery of Heaven
Condition: New
ISBN-10: 0140239375
EAN: 9780140239379
ISBN: 9780140239379
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/11/1997
Description: "Exhilerating, magnificent, dangerous." -- The Times Literary Supplement (London)

One of the great novels of the Twentieth Century, described by John Updike as a meditation on "the persistence of trauma, the rapacity of eros, the fragility of our orderly schemes"

On a cold night in Holland two men meet and change each other's lives forever. Max Delius - a hedonistic, yet brilliant astronomer who loves fast cars, nice clothes and beautiful women - picks up Onno Quist, a cerebral chaotic philologist who cannot bear the ordinariness of everyday life. Despite their differences, they fast become great friends.
And when they learn they were conceived on the same day, it is clear that their meeting is no coincidence. As the pair fall into and out of love with the same woman - Ada - so their lives become further intertwined. For all three are on a mysterious journey destined to shape human history.
The Discovery of Heaven is internationally recognized as a masterpiece. Rich in philosophical, psychological, historical and theological enquiry, it is an extravagant, bold and satisfying novel of ideas.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Item Height: 203mm
Item Length: 135mm
Item Width: 41mm
Item Weight: 601g
Author: Harry Mulisch
Translator: Paul Vincent
Contributor: Paul Vincent (Translated by)
Genre: Fiction
Release Year: 1997

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