******"Delicately weaves generations of women to the lasting wounds of nuclear destruction and the hubris of war. A unique and unforgettable novel."**-- Kali Fajardo-Anstine, author of _Woman of Light_** **** A literary thriller about the effects of nuclear power on the mind, body, and recorded
Trinity
β Scribed by Hall, Louisa
- Book ID
- 110497042
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 315 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780062851994
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β¦ Synopsis
From the acclaimed author of Speak comes a kaleidoscopic novel about Robert Oppenheimer --father of the atomic bomb--as told by seven fictional characters
J. Robert Oppenheimer was a brilliant scientist, a champion of liberal causes, and a complex and often contradictory character. He loyally protected his Communist friends, only to later betray them under questioning. He repeatedly lied about love affairs. And he defended the use of the atomic bomb he helped create, before ultimately lobbying against nuclear proliferation.
Through narratives that cross time and space, a set of characters bears witness to the life of Oppenheimer, from a secret service agent who tailed him in San Francisco, to the young lover of a colleague in Los Alamos, to a woman fleeing McCarthyism who knew him on St. John. As these men and women fall into the orbit of a brilliant but mercurial mind at work, all consider his complicated legacy while also uncovering deep...
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