About this title: Following the death of her brilliant mathematician father, Catherine struggles to come to terms with his legacy. Inheriting some of both his brilliance and his instability, she is torn between her sister, Claire, who wants to take her back to New York, and Hal, a former student of her father's, who tests both her knowledge and her emotions. In ...
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Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. ~clean text, tight binding, light wear to exterior, A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this book benefit Penrose Memorial Library at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, Earthlight Books, and the... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001-03-01
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
Description: Good. Though aging a bit around the edges, pages are clean with no notes/highlights/underlines, covers with some curling/edgewear, 6th Printing (1M). read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001-03-05
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
Description: Small signs of wear, previous ow. Read once, shows small signs of wear from storage. Previous owner's name written on first page. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
Description: Very Good. Nice bright copy with some corner edge wear & mild page ridge tone, text clean & binding tight. 83 pp. "One of the most acclaimed plays of the 1999-2000 season, Proof is a work that explores the unknowability of love as much as it does the mysteries of science. It focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician in his youth who was later unable to function without her help. His death has brought into her midst both her ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Date Published: 2001-03-05
ISBN-13:9780571199976ISBN:0571199976
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Description: Very Good. 0571199976 paperback in very good condition. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Cover has slight shelf wear. Appears gently read. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
"I saw the movie before I read the play and I absolutely loved both. Having seen the movie before reading the play definitely "flavored" my reading of the play but even so, I still felt that the play had more suspense and the characters were almost more tangible in the play."
"An absolutely fascinating piece of theatre that delves into the world of math and insanity. A lovely movie adaptation with Gwyneth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins, truly spellbinding. And, set in Chicago, what isn't to love? A play that will truly keep you thinking about its characters and what it means to be sane."
"This was assigned reading for one of my college rhetoric classes. I don't remember much about that class (except I was in that classroom when I heard about the twin towers falling), but I evidently liked this play enough to pick up a copy when I spotted it at a library book sale this weekend. On my second read, I was reminded that the writing is as elegant as the mathematics it describes."
"Probably unfair to read this play a few hours after reading "Doubt" twice, and loving it, but the truth is, I was disappointed; I'd heard such great things, yet... It's not a bad piece of work, nothing wrong with it, but I found the mathematical genius/insanity link a bit worn. I didn't quite believe that any of the three main characters were in fact mathematical geniuses. Too often I detected Auburn trying too hard to authenticate this element of the story, which is precisely what made it seem inauthentic. There were very few moments where I wanted to pause and reread a scene or a few lines of dialogue; the complexity simply wasn't there, the mystery, the subtext."
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