Proof : a play / by David Auburn.

By:

Auburn, David, 1969-

Publication details: New York : Faber and Faber, 2001.Edition: 1st edDescription: 83 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

0571199976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780571199976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0739416235
9780739416235

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

812/.6 22

LOC classification:

PS3551.U28 P7 2001

Awards:

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

Summary: The play focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician in his youth who was later unable to function without her help. His death has brought into her midst both her sister, Claire, who wants to take Catherine back to New York with her, and Hal, a former student of Catherine's father who hopes to find some hint of Robert's genius among his incoherent scribblings. The passion that Hal feels for math both moves and angers Catherine, who, in her exhaustion, is torn between missing her father and resenting the great sacrifices she made for him. For Catherine has inherited at least a part of her father's brilliance--and perhaps some of his instability as well. As she and Hal become attracted to each other, they push at the edges of each other's knowledge, considering not only the unpredictability of genius but also the human instinct toward love and trust.

Holdings ( 5 )
Title notes ( 2 )

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode	Course reserves
Circulating textbook (3-week)	NMC Library	Circulating Textbooks	ENG 99 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	33039001492106	Intro to College Writing
Textbook on reserve (2-hour)	NMC Library	Closed Reserves (Service Desk)	ENG 99 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	33039001492098	Intro to College Writing
Circulating textbook (3-week)	NMC Library	Circulating Textbooks	ENG 99 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	33039001493245	Intro to College Writing
Circulating textbook (3-week)	NMC Library	Circulating Textbooks	ENG 99 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	33039001493237	Intro to College Writing
Circulating textbook (3-week)	NMC Library	Circulating Textbooks	ENG 99 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	33039001493229	Intro to College Writing

The play focuses on Catherine, a young woman who has spent years caring for her father, Robert, a brilliant mathematician in his youth who was later unable to function without her help. His death has brought into her midst both her sister, Claire, who wants to take Catherine back to New York with her, and Hal, a former student of Catherine's father who hopes to find some hint of Robert's genius among his incoherent scribblings. The passion that Hal feels for math both moves and angers Catherine, who, in her exhaustion, is torn between missing her father and resenting the great sacrifices she made for him. For Catherine has inherited at least a part of her father's brilliance--and perhaps some of his instability as well. As she and Hal become attracted to each other, they push at the edges of each other's knowledge, considering not only the unpredictability of genius but also the human instinct toward love and trust.

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.