Adrian Duncan: The Geometer Lobachevsky [2022] paperback

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In The Geometer Lobachevsky, Duncan follows his interest in internationality and materiality, leading to unforeseeable connections between people and places. Set in the early 1950s , the story follows Soviet geometer (mathematician) Nikolai Lobachevsky who is a Glav Torf representative aiding Bord na Mona with a land survey. In Ireland on this state visit, he receives a letter from the MGB ordering him back to Leningrad for 'a special appointment'. Immediately suspicious, he goes into hiding on a small island in the Shannon Estuary where he waits in the hope of some day returning safely home.Following Duncan's critically acclaimed Love Notes from a German Building Site (2019) and A Sabbatical in Leipzig (2020), Duncan's themes of emigration, displacement and work connect Ireland with the world stage. Colm Toibin said of Love Notes: 'Written in spare, exact prose ... Duncan writes beautifully about cold weather, gruff manners, systems of hierarchy ... A portrait of work [and] a picture of a sensibility'. Show more