Rebecca Goldstein, 36 Arguments for the Existence of God: A Work of Fiction

Start: 02/25/2010 7:00 pm

"Goldstein, philosopher and writer, continues her many-faceted inquiry into the nature of genius and the intersection between religion and science, returning to fiction and ramping up her gifts for radiant humor and the transmutation of metaphysics, mathematics, and Jewish mysticism into narrative gold…Goldstein is entrancing…in this elegant yet uproarious novel about the darkness of isolation and the light of learning, the beauty of numbers and the chaos of emotions, the ‘longing for spiritual purity’ and love in all its wildness."

Booklist, starred review

"Irreverent and witty, Goldstein seamlessly weaves philosophy into this lively and colorful chronicle of intellectual and emotional struggles."

Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Rebecca Goldstein’s novels include The Mind-Body Problem and Mazel. She was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (the “genius prize”) in 1996 and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Her most recent book, Betraying Spinoza, won the 2006 Koret International Jewish Prize.