One Hundred Twenty-One Days

'Audin plays with codes, numbers and dates to create a fascinating and unsettling story.'Le TempsThis debut novel by mathematician and Oulipo member Michle Audin retraces the lives of French mathematicians over several generations through World Wars I and II. The narrative oscillates stylistically from chapter to chapterat times a novel, fable, historical research, or a diarylocking and unlocking codes, culminating in a captivating, original reading experience.Michle Audin is the author of several works of mathematical theory and history and also published a workon her anticolonialist father's torture, disappearance,and execution by the French during the Battle ofAlgiers.