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A softcover copy in fine condition. No creasing to the spine. Pages and boards are clean and unmarked throughout. Die Vermessung der Welt von Daniel Kehlmann. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, Hamburg, 2008. In deutscher Sprache. A fictionalised double portrait of mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauß and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, tracing their parallel obsessions with measuring and understanding the world. One of the most successful German novels. Winner of the Kleist Prize and the Thomas Mann Prize. Daniel Kehlmann lives in Berlin and New York.

A German edition in new condition. Pages are crisp and bright, free of marks or annotations. Boards are square and tight. Dust jacket is clean and unmarked. Ships within Canada. International orders welcome through AbeBooks.