{"product_id":"the-unknown-quantity-hermann-broch-9780810160828","title":"The Unknown Quantity","description":"Mild and sensitive Richard Hieck endured a quietly difficult childhood in Germany. But from his father Richard inherited an interest in the night sky, learning to love the constellations and to take comfort in the strength of Orion and the warm radiance of Venus. His choice to pursue mathematics offers him the discipline he craved as a child. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePublished in 1933, \u003ci\u003eThe Unknown Quantity\u003c\/i\u003e is Hermann Broch's study of the underlying chaos-and finally the impossibility-of life within a society whose values are in decay. As Richard seeks to reconcile the conflicting demands of love and science, of passion and reason, societal and family values begin to undermine him and those in orbit around him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hermann Broch\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 081016082X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780810160828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Marlboro Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.45h x 5.47w x 0.61d","brand":"Hermann Broch","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072635859199,"sku":"9780810160828","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7821f450-54eb-4de9-92df-3b8de4919255.jpg?v=1685443136","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-unknown-quantity-hermann-broch-9780810160828","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}