Millet Lydia - Oh Pure And Radiant Heart - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Oh Pure and Radiant Heart plucks the three scientists who were key to the invention of the atom bomb - Oppenheimer Leo Szilard and Enrico Fermi - as they watch history's first mushroom cloud rise over the desert on July 16th 1945. and places them down in modern - day Santa Fe. One by one the scientists are spotted by a shy librarian who becomes convinced of their authenticity. Entranced bewildered overwhelmed by their significance as historical markers on the one hand and their peculiar personalities on the other she to the dismay of her husband devotes herself to them. Soon the scientists acquire a sugar daddy - a young pothead millionaire from Tokyo who bankrolls them. Heroes to some lunatics or con artists to others the scientists finally become messianic religious figureheads to fanatics who believe Oppenheimer to be the Second Coming. As the ever - growing convoy traverses the country in a fleet of RV's on a pilgrimage to the UN the scientists wrestle with the legacy of their invention and their growing celebrity while Ann and her husband struggle with the strain on their marriage a personal journey married to a history of thermonuclear weapons.
Title: Oh Pure And Radiant Heart
Author(s): Millet Lydia
Publisher: Soft Skull Press
Barcode: 9781593767891
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 10/22/2024
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction