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International Booker 2021 · Shortlist
When We Cease to Understand the World
Un verdor terrible
Benjamín Labatut · 40 when first published
Short stories · 192 pages · Historical
Translated by Adrian Nathan West
AI-generated summary:Linked narratives follow real scientists and mathematicians, among them Fritz Haber, Alexander Grothendieck, Schrödinger and Heisenberg, through discoveries that transform the world and sometimes drive their makers to the edge of madness.
Also: National Book Award 2021 finalist