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Hveberg's rich, philosophical debut runs on ruminations about love, loss, and loneliness with two love stories, each involving a math professor and a brilliant student....Hveberg gives proof to a provocative equation for elegant fiction. -- <em>Publishers Weekly</em> <strong>(starred review)</strong> A novel of interior spaces that plumbs the depths of loneliness in order to find within it the origins of love. -- <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> [A] stunning debut novel about unrequited love, longing, obsession, betrayal, and more. Complex and alluring, it is framed by the author's-and the protagonist's-expertise in mathematics, as well as by music and literature. -- Elayne Clift, New York Journal of Books A mathemagical debut. This incredibly strong novel makes music out of mathematics and turns life into poetry. Bravo! -- <em>Dagsavisen</em> A mature debut where the author juggles mathematics, art and passion in a love story full of both humor and deep despair. The result is one of the most complex and interesting protagonists I have encountered. -- Vart Land A brilliant debut about the many aspects of love, and of the search for beauty in life. -- Adresseavisen

""Hveberg’s rich, philosophical debut runs on ruminations about love, loss, and loneliness with two love stories, each involving a math professor and a brilliant student....Hveberg gives proof to a provocative equation for elegant fiction.""  — Publishers Weekly (starred review) ""A novel of interior spaces that plumbs the depths of loneliness in order to find within it the origins of love."" — Kirkus Reviews ""[A] stunning debut novel about unrequited love, longing, obsession, betrayal, and more. Complex and alluring, it is framed by the author’s—and the protagonist’s—expertise in mathematics, as well as by music and literature."" — Elayne Clift, New York Journal of Books “A mathemagical debut. This incredibly strong novel makes music out of mathematics and turns life into poetry. Bravo!”  — Dagsavisen ""A mature debut where the author juggles mathematics, art and passion in a love story full of both humor and deep despair. The result is one of the most complex and interesting protagonists I have encountered."" — Vårt Land ""A brilliant debut about the many aspects of love, and of the search for beauty in life."" — Adresseavisen

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Klara Hveberg was born in 1974 and grew up in Molde, Norway. Initially planning to study music and literature, she ended up obtaining a PhD in mathematics, writing her thesis on fractal geometry. Lean your loneliness slowly against mine is her first novel.

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