The scientist Roithamer has dedicated the last six years of his life to "the Cone," an edifice of mathematically exact construction that he has erected in the center of his family's estate in honor of his beloved sister. Not long after its completion, he takes his own life. As an unnamed friend piec
The Lime Works: A Novel (Vintage International)
โ Scribed by Bernhard, Thomas
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group;Vintage Books
- Year
- 2013;2010
- Tongue
- en-ca
- Weight
- 142 KB
- Edition
- 1st Vintage International ed
- Category
- Fiction
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