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Mr kehlmann s subtle humor has been adroitly captured by carol brown janeways translation. It is translated from the original german which perhaps adds to the confused and jumbled story line and time frames. Measuring the world by daniel kehlmann, translated by carol brown janeway 272pp, quercus. Daniel kehlmann has 51 books on goodreads with 60 ratings. Written by daniel kehlmann, ross benjamin translator, audiobook narrated by firdous bamji. Measuring the world sold 3m copies in germany alone and roughly twice that worldwide, having been translated into more than 40 languages. Measuring the world by daniel kehlmann abebooks abebooks.

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