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The Housekeeper and the ProfessorYoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short term memory. She is an astute young Housekeeper with a ten year old son who is hired to care for the Professor. And every morning, as the
Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.
He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young Housekeeper--with a ten-year-old son--who is hired to care for the Professor.And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. Though he cannot hold memories for long (his brain is like a tape that begins to erase itself every eighty minutes), the Professor's mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past. And the numbers, in all of their articulate order, reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her young son. The Professor is capable of discovering connections between the simplest of quantities--like the Housekeeper's shoe size--and the universe at large, drawing their lives ever closer and more profoundly together, even as his memory slips away.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 02/03/2009
ISBN: 9780312427801
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.28h x 6.32w x 0.53d
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/17/2008 pg. 40
Kirkus Reviews 12/01/2008 pg. 1224
Booklist 01/01/2009 pg. 46
New Yorker (The) 02/09/2009 pg. 109
New York Times Book Review 03/01/2009 pg. 9
New York Times Book Review 03/08/2009 pg. 18
Library Journal 04/01/2009 pg. 71
Science 06/05/2009 pg. 1271
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001
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Five star all the way around!
I found that the dimensions on this cabinet were a lot bigger than most and most affordable… I can also say that this gives the perfect rustic, modern farmhouse look. Definitely fits a lot more than I expected. This products is very sturdy, it is also wide enough to be able to fit some decor on top, cute little towel bar on it as well. I put this above my toilet and was unsure how it would look due to the fact it had a towel holder, but I absolutely love it. This is a super cute medicine cabinet and not only does it look good, it’s very durable, and fits more medicine than I had expected.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Beautiful sturdy cabinet.
This cabinet is beautiful. Paint was covering all the pieces. I put it together in about an hour by myself. Well made. The gold on black is so sharp. I actually have grey tones in the bath so I took a grey metallic sharpie and ran a line over the gold. Really turned out sharp. They even put black round stickers in the box to cover the screws. Wouldn’t definitely buy again!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2023
★★★★★ 4
Good product with one exception
I was happy with this product. Easy enough to put together. Provides great storage space. Unfortunately one of the screws it came with was not functional so I've been unable to install both door pulls.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2024
★★★★★ 5
Really nice for the price.
Wouldn’t expect the quality for the price in today’s over inflated world. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not made from rare woods and interesting hand made joinery, but as a cheap cabinet to go in my bathroom in my rental apartment to replace the one that delaminated from the bathroom steam, yeah it’s pretty good. It’s made of what looks like mdf but the finish is what got me, it’s like a heavy spray on lacquer or at least feels like it, which shouldn’t delaminate like a veneered panel. My only complaint is the stickers to cover the screw holes, they could be a bit thicker so they don’t get wrinkled.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Love this!!!
Beautiful. Sturdy! Been in our bathroom for over a year and no issues at all. It’s so pretty in person. Has great storage capacity
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