by Daniel Kehlmann · Babel · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782742780617
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«Les arpenteurs du monde» is the historical novel by Daniel Kehlmann, published by Babel in paperback (298 pages, in French).
The novel interweaves the lives of Alexander von Humboldt and Carl Friedrich Gauss: the former travels through jungles, rivers and volcanoes in search of knowledge; the latter, a genius of mathematics and astronomy, barely leaves his city. Both paths converge in post-Napoleonic Germany, in a humorous narrative combining adventure, biography and reflection on the thirst for knowledge.
Translated from German by Juliette Aubert; its original title is «Die Vermessung der Welt». The original work was published in 2005 and this French edition appeared in 2009.
For the general public interested in historical fiction about science and exploration.
Daniel Kehlmann is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.
