The Housekeeper and the Professor (Vintage Classics Japanese Series)

Dive into Yoko Ogawa's world & you find yourself tugged by forces more felt than seen' — New York Times 

Each morning, the Professor & the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - & the numbers reveal a sheltering & poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, & a bond that runs deeper than memory. 

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