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![]() | The Gift of Numbers (2007) (The Housekeeper and the Professor) A novel by Yôko Ogawa |
| "Highly original. Infinitely charming. And ever so touching." Paul Auster |
A publishing phenomenon in Japan and a heartwarming story that will change the way we all see math, baseball, memory, and each other She is a housekeeper by trade, a single mom by choice, shy, brilliant, and starting a new tour of duty in the home of an aging professor. He is the professor, a mathematical genius, capable of limitless kindness and intuitive affection, but the victim of a mysterious accident that has rendered him unable to remember anything for longer than eighty minutes. Root, the housekeepers ten-year-old son, combines his mothers sympathy with a sensitive curiosity all his own. Over the course of a few months in 1992, these three develop a profoundly affecting friendship, based on a shared love of mathematics and baseball, that will change each of their lives permanently. Chosen as the most popular book in Japan by readers and booksellers alike, The Gift of Numbers is Yoko Ogawas first novel to be published in English, and in the U.S.
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Hardback Editions
June 2010 : Hardback
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 1-4448-0176-7 / 978-1-4448-0176-7 Publisher: Ulverscroft Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
July 2004 : Hardback
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 9867537904 / 9789867537904 Publisher: Mai Tian Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
April 2010 : Paperback
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 0-09-952134-2 / 978-0-09-952134-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Vintage Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
April 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 1-84655-250-8 / 9781846552502 (UK edition) Publisher: Harvill Secker Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
February 2009 : Paperback
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 0-312-42780-8 / 978-0-312-42780-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
August 2007 : Paperback
| Title: The Gift of Numbers Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 0-312-42597-X / 978-0-312-42597-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Picador USA Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
2003 : Paperback
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
Other Editions
April 2010 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor: A Novel Author(s): Yoko Ogawa Publisher: Picador Availability: Amazon More details... |
October 2009 : Kindle edition
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa Publisher: Vintage Digital Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
April 2009 : Unknown
| Title: The Housekeeper and the Professor Author(s): Yoko Ogawa ISBN: 1-84655-171-4 / 9781846551710 (UK edition) Publisher: Harvill Secker Availability: Amazon UK More details... |
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