Denis Guedj. The Measure of the World: A Novel. Translated by, Arthur Goldhammer. 299 pp., illus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. $27

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Denis Guedj. The Measure of the World: A Novel. Translated by, Arthur Goldhammer. 299 pp., illus. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2001. $27 [Book Review]

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