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La Fórmula Preferida del Profesor / The Housekeeper and the Professor

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La Fórmula Preferida del Profesor / The Housekeeper and the ProfessorLa novela que lanz a la fama a Yoko Ogawa. Un canto a la amistad, el amor y el respeto, y una apasionante introduccin al mundo de los nmeros. Un mes de marzo, una agencia de colocacin enva a una joven empleada del hogar a casa de un hurao profesor retirado. Sin embargo, no es un profesor cualquiera: antao fue un reconocido matemtico pero, tras un trgico accidente, solo recuerda lo ocurrido en los ltimos ochenta minutos. Aunque siguen apasionndole los

La novela que lanzó a la fama a Yoko Ogawa. Un canto a la amistad, el amor y el respeto, y una apasionante introducción al mundo de los números.

Un mes de marzo, una agencia de colocación envía a una joven empleada del hogar a casa de un huraño profesor retirado. Sin embargo, no es un profesor cualquiera: antaño fue un reconocido matemático pero, tras un trágico accidente, solo recuerda lo ocurrido en los últimos ochenta minutos. Aunque siguen apasionándole los números, debe apuntar las cosas importantes en papelitos para repasarlas todos los días, incluida la identidad de quienes lo rodean; una situación que lo convierte en alguien muy vulnerable. Sin embargo, el profesor irá aceptando en su vida la irrupción de la asistenta y de su hijo de diez años, con quien comparte una afición: el béisbol.

Poco a poco se fraguará entre los tres una hermosa relación fundada en el afecto y en la transmisión del saber. Una novela que devuelve la esperanza en el alma humana.

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Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family.

He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem--ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory.

She is an astute young Housekeeper--with a ten-year-old son--who is hired to care for the Professor. And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. Though he cannot hold memories for long (his brain is like a tape that begins to erase itself every eighty minutes), the Professor's mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past. And the numbers, in all of their articulate order, reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her young son. The Professor is capable of discovering connections between the simplest of quantities--like the Housekeeper's shoe size--and the universe at large, drawing their lives ever closer and more profoundly together, even as his memory slips away.


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comprador
Lowell, US
★★★★★ 5
Timex Expedition Solar a no frills fine watch
Color: Brown/Blue
The watch came uncharged. I guess you're supposed to charge the watch by exposing it to sunlight. There was no sunlight and I wasn't about to wait for any. I placed it in front of one of my ultra-bright led flashlights for about 5 hours that night. It's been working fine ever since. I'll expose it to sunlight when I see some. It's a nice looking watch, no bells and whistles but it's been keeping excellent time. I swapped out the band for a NATO which I find more dependable. The price shouldn't put you in the poor house and if it's like all the other Timex watches I've owned, I'll be happy with it.
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Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2026
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Tyler
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 4
Great watch. Janky quartz. Bad strap.
Color: Brown
It’s got all the specs one could want in a field watch, but I can’t get over the janky quartz movement. The second hand overshoots and undershoots the second markers notably throughout its rotation. Also, the leather strap provided does not age well, it turns a dark brown and develops cracks in short order. Still, especially if nabbed on sale, the watch is well worth it and will probably outlive the wearer.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2026
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Draper, US
★★★★★ 5
Long sun battery.
Color: Brown
Great. Looks good, feels great and the solar can wait 5 days w/o sun in a box.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 1, 2026
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Nathan
Belleville, US
★★★★★ 5
A nice durable non flashy field watch.
Color: Olive/Gunmetal, Color: Olive/Gunmetal
A nice looking, none flashy field watch. At 41mm it’s not too big and not too small. The sapphire crystal is a big plus on scratch resistance; and the screw in crown is a nice addition as well. If you’re looking for a low key, reliable solar powered field watch that is both comfortable, affordable and has durability built into it, this one will be hard to beat.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2025
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Hobbyhobbit
Cuba, US
★★★★★ 2
Keeps lousy time
Color: Silver-Tone/Black
I purchased this watch off Amazon Warehouse well below MSRP out of curiosity to see what Timex is doing in 2024. The specs are good - bead blasted stainless case, solar movement with quick set date and hacking, sapphire crystal, screwdown crown and 100m water resistance. The movement is Japanese, case and bracelet are made in China, and the watch is assembled somewhere overseas. The good - the watch is lightweight and comfortable on the wrist. Price, even at full MSRP makes this an extremely good value for what you get. It is a good looking Flieger style watch. Once fully charged it is keeping good time. Case finish is well executed and without rough or sharp edges. The bad - the lume is weak. When blasted with UV, it fades quickly and within 5 minutes it’s gone. The bracelet is low end, but expected at this price point. I swapped it out with a nice leather strap from my collection with better quality spring bars and it makes the watch look and feel higher end. The Ugly - the second hand misses nearly all the chapter ring marks. The minute and hour hands are aligned, but that second hand seems to have a mind of its own. On my watch it lines up with chapter ring marks maybe 10% of the time, but it’s not consistent. Sum up, for a sub $200 watch the specs are great and it’s a good looking comfortable watch. Just keep your expectations aligned with what you are paying for. It compares favorably to Orients & Citizens at this price, and offers better value than comparable competitors now that Seiko has gone upmarket. I like this watch. Just don’t compare it to a Swiss watch costing several times its price. Update after a few months: I’m changing my rating to 3 stars. This watch keeps lousy time! It is loosing around 5 minutes per month. And it is fully charged. I have other Solar quartz watches from Citizen, Seiko and Vaer which maintain very good accuracy. But this Timex … defeats the purpose of a solar powered “grab and go” watch when you have to correct the time each occurrence you want to wear it.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2024

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