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001			ocm45230387
003			OCoLC
005			20200826153152.0
008			000929s2001 nyu b 001 1 eng
010			_a 00050284
020			_a0571199976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a9780571199976 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020			_a0739416235
020			_a9780739416235
035			_a(OCoLC)45230387 _z(OCoLC)48838361 _z(OCoLC)77567257
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dC#P _dUKM _dEOW _dBAKER _dXY4 _dNLGGC _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dOCLCG _dAU@ _dJBO _dWPB _dBDX _dALAUL
050	0	0	_aPS3551.U28 _bP7 2001
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092	0		_a812.6 Au19p
100	1		_aAuburn, David, _d1969-
245	1	0	_aProof : _ba play / _cby David Auburn.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York : _bFaber and Faber, _c2001.
300			_a83 p. ; _c21 cm.
520			_aThe 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.
586			_aWinner of the Pulitzer Prize.
650		0	_aMan-woman relationships _vDrama.
650		0	_aFathers _xDeath _vDrama.
650		0	_aMathematicians _vDrama.
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