Regarding Roderer

by Guillermo Martínez

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312113749
• ISBN13: 9780312113742
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Impeccable

Charming and intelligent story. This kind of writing remembers me the precision of a Swiss clock, where the end tells 12 o'clock.

Interesting treatment of genius.

Gustav Roderer is an unconventional genuis. His understanding of mathematics transcends the conscious realm as he drops out and pursues an elusive deeper understanding of it all. This is the story of two young geniuses - Roderer and the Narrator - from Argentina who, despite their differences, become friends and confidants. While the Narrator follows a normal course in pursuit of more kwoledge, the other falls deeper into a world only he understands. Roderer knows that humankind's efforts to date fall short of what it will take to reach the next step in the evolution of our understanding and he is within reach of a new level to our consciousness. As he is ravaged by disease he tries to share what he is beginning to grasp with his friend the Narrator before the end that he knows is near comes. >>>>>>><<<<<<< <br /> <br />A Guide to my Rating System: <br /> <br />1 star = The wood pulp would have been better utilized as toilet paper. <br />2 stars = Don't bother, clean your bathroom instead. <br />3 stars = Wasn't a waste of time, but it was time wasted. <br />4 stars = Good book, but not life altering. <br />5 stars = This book changed my world in at least some small way.

A young man's search for unatainable knowledge.

Gustavo Roderer sacrifices all to enter a new realm where all current forms of logic and philosophy are null and void. An unseen force acts against his efforts to shed all of humankind's "learned" approach to solving the most basic of questions. Roderer forsakes a formal education and sheds family, friends and the girl who loves him to pursue a knowledge only God and the Devil share. As he gets closer to the truth, he becomes less able to articulate his thoughts to his closest and only friend. Consumed by disease, he discovers the answer. Martinez tells a wonderful story of two young men in Argentina--both geniuses. One pursues answers to questions unconcievable, while the other builds himself a normal life within the context of all human knowledge. They feed of each others pursuits, triumphs and failures. Roderer races as fast as he can to find the answers in what little time--he is sure--is left. His friend, the narrator, pulls himself away from his family, his small home town and Roderer over a long period of time. Neither can reach the end of their journey without the other. Martinez uses a brilliant mix of mathematics and philosophy to fuel the exchanges between the narrator and Roderer.