This does not sound unreasonable because the Professor would forget who the housekeeper was. You would assume that such a short memory would prevent one from doing academic work but the Professor did not let his injury get in the way of his attempts to peek into God's notebook.īefore the housekeeper who is a main character in this book, the Professor had several other housekeepers, none of whom were able to meet his needs. The housekeeper could set her time to when changes would happen, so she knew what to expect from the Professor.
After eighty minutes, something that had happened would leave the mind of the Professor. After the crash, the Professor's memory was shortened to eighty minutes. He was involved in a car crash wherein he lost some brain function. The Professor is a clever mathematician but he is no longer employed by a university. While I cannot say I learned much about maths, I have a newfound appreciation for the work that goes into understanding numbers and how they relate to each other.
Up until reading The Housekeeper and The Professor, a Japanese work of fiction by Yoko Ogawa, I had never thought about the beauty of mathematics, how numbers can link together in interesting ways. The Professor talks of discoveries in mathematics like an event where one peeks into God's notebook. To the Professor, mathematics is more than just a profession: it is a quest for the truths that govern the universe. The Housekeeper and The Professor Book Review
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