{"product_id":"the-tenth-muse-a-novel-isbn-9780062574084","title":"The Tenth Muse: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn exhilarating, moving novel about a trailblazing mathematician whose research unearths her own extraordinary family story and its roots in World War II\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the days of her childhood in the 1950s Midwest, Katherine knows she is different, and that her parents are not who they seem. As she matures from a girl of rare intelligence into an exceptional mathematician, traveling to Europe to further her studies, she must face the most human of problems—who is she? What is the cost of love, and what is the cost of ambition? These questions grow ever more entangled as Katherine strives to take her place in the world of higher mathematics and becomes involved with a brilliant and charismatic professor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen she embarks on a quest to conquer the Riemann hypothesis, the greatest unsolved mathematical problem of her time, she turns to a theorem with a mysterious history that may hold both the lock and the key to her identity, and to secrets long buried during World War II. Forced to confront some of the most consequential events of the twentieth century and rethink everything she knows of herself, she finds kinship in the stories of the women who came before her, and discovers how seemingly distant stories, lives, and ideas are inextricably linked to her own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse \u003c\/em\u003eis a gorgeous, sweeping tale about legacy, identity, and the beautiful ways the mind can make us free. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e gives life to the story of brilliant Katherine, whose exceptional gift for seeing the patterns in numbers leads her to dramatic and heartbreaking discoveries, even as they lead to understanding and wisdom about her own existence. This is a passionate and beautiful book.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlice Elliott Dark, author of In the Gloaming\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This shimmering, gorgeous book grapples with the secrets in the world around us, and the one within us; Chung’s prose is electric, and this story is a provocative exploration of the puzzles that most need interrogating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNylon Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An interrogation of truth and its value — of secrets, sacrifice, and identity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Bountiful in scope, fables, intellect, and heart, the novel is at times heart-wrenching.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The cliché that boys are better at math collapses before the diamond-hard mind of a grad student whose relentless attempt to prove a legendary hypothesis exposes a deeper algorithm about herself.... Captivating.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eO, the Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A page-turning intellectual thriller, a family romance, an alternative history of twentieth-century math\u003cstrong\u003e—\u003c\/strong\u003eI couldn’t put it down.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElif Batuman, author of The Idiot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse \u003c\/em\u003eis as ambitious and intriguing as the complex math problems Katherine, the protagonist of this remarkable novel, aims to solve. In this novel—the scope of which is staggering—Chung has crafted a story that is moving, elegant, and richly written.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoxane Gay, author of Hunger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chung’s development of key characters is strong, her light prose flows easily throughout, and she successfully represents a young woman attempting to find her identity and stand out in a field dominated by men.... Engaging.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Can a mathematician also be an accomplished storyteller? The answer is an emphatic yes.... Elegant and absorbing fiction....Her work radiates a love of the subject....Her real subject, beyond the magic of storytelling, is the problem of identity, as shaped by gender, ethnicity, history and choice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e champions female intellectual independence while uncovering sacrifices made to acquire it.... Powerful.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Ambitious, mesmerizing, and immersive\u003cem\u003e, The Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e gives us a character we’d follow anywhere, and journeys well worth following her on. This novel dazzles.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRebecca Makkai, author of The Great Believers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chung masterfully subverts our expectations... Endlessly thrilling. An exquisite story of legacy, selfhood, survival, and integrity... \u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e is an inspiring tour de force of STEAM proportions: a riveting intersection of mathematics and art.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rumpus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“The Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e will shake your views on female success.... Here is a novel that is so real it hurts at times.... It brings the reader on the bumpy hard path of truth and sacrifice, blood ties and betrayal, human injustice and forgiveness.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Journal of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A profound feminist contemplation upon the ways in which societies everywhere privilege male over female lives, and male creativity preys on female ingenuity.... \u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e is a thoroughly original take on history from a woman’s perspective and could not be timelier.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical Novels Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Tackles questions of identity, betrayal, ambition and loneliness.... Distinctive... An absorbing summer read.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Chung’s impressive, poignant second novel (after \u003cem\u003eForgotten Country\u003c\/em\u003e) explores the intersections of intellectual and familial legacies.... Chung persuasively interweaves myths and legends with the real-world stories of lesser-known women mathematicians and of WWII.... Chung’s novel boldly illustrates that truth and beauty can reside even amid the messiest solutions.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Mathematics and its history, the legacy of WWII, and the struggles women face in pursuing academic success, especially in fields dominated by men, are woven into this novel that Chung (Forgotten Country, 2012) renders in polished prose.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e centers on Katherine, an aspiring mathematician whose studies take her deep into her family history, and a legacy of genius and empowerment which probes compelling questions about her identity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Catherine Chung’s gorgeous novel, \u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e, about mathematics and identity, and the cost of being a talented and ambitious woman in a world preoccupied with male success, rushed over me like a wave and carried me out to sea where, pleasantly, I drowned.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eManuel Gonzales, author of The Regional Office Is Under Attack!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Arresting in scope and its treatment of time, its prose at turns crystalline and richly balletic, this story pulls puzzle from puzzle – human, historical, and all too contemporary.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Oyeyemi, author of Gingerbread\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e is a must-read. This beautiful, captivating novel has it all: A riveting family secret; a heroine ahead of her time; and a brilliant historical narrative that sheds light on the way we live now.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. Courtney Sullivan, author of Saints for All Occasions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Need a metaphor for the unassailable tangle of the self? The Riemann Hypothesis, one of the great unsolved mathematical problems, does nicely in this novel. About 50 years ago, mathematician Katherine was attempting to unpick its knot, and at the same time deal with revelations about her own family heritage.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Themes of one’s legacy, breakthroughs, and identity is woven throughout Catherine Chung’s latest novel about a mathematician facing down her generation’s most difficult, unsolved theorum, digging into intentionally buried research during WWII to blaze her own path and become a name mentioned in history books.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThrillist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reading \u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e is like setting out on a boat for a short trip and finding the way back barred by waves that grow taller and taller. And then the boat itself turns out to be a riddle; a paper boat, each leaf bound to the other with equations of fearsome beauty. Arresting in scope and its treatment of time, its prose at turns crystalline and richly balletic, this story pulls puzzle from puzzle – human, historical, and all too contemporary.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Oyeyemi, author of Boy, Snow, Bird and What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A powerful and virtuosically researched story about the mysteries of the head and the heart.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Catherine Chung has written a deft, spellbinding emotional puzzle-box of a book, rich and intricately layered. \u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e slowly, carefully builds to turn your every expectation on its head, and reading it feels like a glimpse of what mathematics might be in the eyes of its ablest practitioners—both secret and sublime.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTéa Obreht, author of The Tiger’s Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A deft, spellbinding emotional puzzle-box of a book, rich and intricately layered. \u003cem\u003eThe Tenth Muse\u003c\/em\u003e slowly, carefully builds to turn your every expectation on its head, and reading it feels like a glimpse of what mathematics might be in the eyes of its ablest practitioners—both secret and sublime.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTéa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ecco","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44888889458917,"sku":"NP9780062574084","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780062574084.jpg?v=1730230036","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-tenth-muse-a-novel-isbn-9780062574084","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}