As she climbed across the table
by Jonathan Lethem
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What if your lover left you for, well, nothing? Literally nothing. Particle physicist Alice Coombs and her colleagues are on the cusp of an extraordinary discovery. They have created a void, a hole in the universe, a true nothingness that they have named "Lack." Philip Engstrand, a professor who studies other professors, has made a breakthrough of his own - he now understands how deeply he loves Alice.
Lack, though, is no ordinary black hole: It swallows certain things - a pomegranate, argyle socks, mirrored sunglasses - but displays no appetite for a bow tie, an ice ax, or scrambled duck eggs. This is a void that displays the outlines of a personality: a nothingness that, as Philip comes to realize, utterly obsesses his beloved. Alice, it becomes apparent, has fallen out of love with Philip and in love with Lack.
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Black holes (Astronomy), California, Discoveries in science, Fiction, Occupational neuroses, Physicists, Fiction, general, California, fiction, Fiction, humorous, general, Scientists, fiction, Physiciens, Romans, nouvelles, Découvertes scientifiques, Névroses professionnelles, Trous noirs (Astronomie), Fisicos, Novela, Descubrimientos científicos, Neurosis ocupacional, Agujeros negros (Astronomía)Places
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Cuando Alice se subio a la mesa/ As She Climbed Across the Table (Debolsillo 21/ Pocket 21)
Mar 04, 2005, DEBOLSILLO
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in Spanish
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Alice est montée sur la table
March 27, 2003, Editions de l'Olivier
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in French
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Cuando Alice Se Subio a La Mesa / When Alice Climb the Table
September 30, 2003, Grijalbo Mondadori Sa
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in Spanish
843970996X 9788439709961
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As she climbed across the table
1998, Vintage Books
in English
- 1st Vintage Contemporaries ed.
0375700129 9780375700125
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