Y
Oppenheimer, Horseman of Los Alamos
by Aaron Tucker
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Pub Date Apr 24 2018 | Archive Date Apr 30 2018
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Description
J. Robert Oppenheimer: reluctant father of the atomic bomb, enthusiastic lover of books, devoted husband and philanderer. Engaging with the books he voraciously read, and especially the Bhagavad Gita, his moral compass, this lyrical novel takes us through his story, from his tumultuous youth to his marriage with a radical communist and the two secret, consuming affairs he carried on, all the while bringing us deep inside the mind of the man behind the Manhattan Project. With the stunning backdrop of Los Alamos, New Mexico, Oppenheimer’s spiritual home, and using progressively shorter chapters that shape into an inward spiral, Y brings us deep inside the passions and moral qualms of this man with pacifist, communist leanings as he created and tested the world’s first weapon of mass destruction — and, in the process, changed the world we live in immeasurably.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781552453650 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 220 |
Featured Reviews
Brian J, Reviewer
An intimate, poetical and sympathetic glance into a crucial period in the life of J.Robert Oppenheimer, a key player in the defeat of the Japanese in WW2.
A lover of his work, the Bhagavad Gita (after the first A bomb test he quoted “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”),several women at once and long horseback treks through the New Mexico wilderness.Having struggled with his conscience about the impending destruction, he ultimately consoled himself with the belief that Japan would never surrender so therefore Nagasaki and Hiroshima were a sacrifice for victory.
Primarily a Poet, Aaron Tucker lends a lyrical, flowing style to this work of prose. It’s easy to ride, to love, to work and to suffer alongside Opie.
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