Jorge Volpi

In Search of Klingsor


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      IN SEARCH OF KLINGSOR

      Jorge Volpi

       Translated by Kristina Cordero

       DEDICATION

      FOR ADRIAN, ELOY, GERARDO, NACHO, AND

      PEDRO ANGEL, MY FELLOW CONSPIRATORS

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       Brief Autobiographical Disquisitions: From Set Theory to Totalitarianism

       DISQUISITION I: Infancy and the End of an Era

       DISQUISITION II: Youth and Irrationality

       DISQUISITION III: The Arithmetics of Infinity

       DISQUISITION IV: Liberty and Lust

       DISQUISITION V: The Search for the Absolute

       The Uranium Circle

       Parallel Universes

       The Quest for the Holy Grail

       BOOK TWO

       Laws of Criminal Motion

       LAW I: All crimes are committed by a criminal

       LAW II: Every crime is the portrait of a criminal

       LAW III: Every criminal possesses a motive

       Max Planck, or a Lesson in Faith

       Reasons for Discouragement

       Johannes Stark, or a Lesson in Infamy

       The Game of War

       Werner Heisenberg, or a Lesson in Sadness

       The Dangers of Observation

       Erwin Schrodinger, or a Lesson in Desire

       The Laws of Attraction

       The Liar’s Paradox

       The Dimensions of Affection

       Niels Bohr, or a Lesson in Will

       Chain Reaction

       The Uncertainty Principle

       Hidden Variables

       Kundry’s Curse

       BOOK THREE

       Laws of Traitorous Motion

       LAW I: All men are weak

       LAW II: All men are liars

       LAW III: All men are traitors

       Dialogue 1: On Those Forgotten by History

       The Conspiracy

       Dialogue II: On the Rules Governing Chance

       The Bomb

       Dialogue III: On the Secrets of Destiny

       The Realm