The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano she has resigned herself to

she has resigned herself to brutal treatment at the hands of her cruel husband and the carping of her despotic mother-in-law

Translator: Anne Milano Appel

and revenge on the Russian steppes

and the pressure to excel is at times too much for Elena

ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside

The Solitude of Prime Numbers - Paolo Giordano she has resigned herself toA prime number is inherently a solitary thing: it can only be divided by itself, or by one; it never truly fits with another. Alice and Mattia also move on their own axes, alone with their personal tragedies. As a child Alice's overbearing father drove her first to a terrible skiing accident, and then to anorexia. When she meets Mattia she recognises a kindred spirit, and Mattia reveals to Alice his terrible secret: that as a boy he abandoned his