by Nelleke Posthumus Meyjes · Uitgeverij Aspekt · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789464248609
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«Postuum: De minnares van Ehrenfest» is the historical novel by Nelleke Posthumus Meyjes (Uitgeverij Aspekt, paperback, 208 pages, in Dutch).
Novel reconstructing the final days of the Jewish physicist Paul Ehrenfest (1880-1933), a friend of Einstein. It alternates short chapters from the perspectives of Ehrenfest, his lover Nelly Posthumus Meyjes, and his son Wassik, a teenager with Down syndrome. The relationship with Nelly is presented as either salvation or trigger of the drama.
Published on November 15, 2021. The author, Nelleke Posthumus Meyjes, wrote the work as a tribute to Nelly Posthumus Meyjes, an art historian.
For readers of historical fiction and biographies of scientists, especially those following the figure of Albert Einstein and his circle.
