Ever since the publication of his debut novel The Solitude of Prime Numbers, Paolo Giordano has stood at the forefront of international literature. His new novel Heaven and Earth is a stunning achievement and confirms him as an electrifying presence in contemporary fiction., André Aciman, Sunday Times bestselling author of CALL ME BY YOUR NAME and FIND MEHeaven and Earth is the perfect novel - always interesting, beautifully but not ostentatiously written, peopled with unforgettable characters, a powerful love story, animated by ideas, visually stunning. Paolo Giordano is one of the handful of great writers working anywhere today., Edmund WhiteMagnificent, heart-wrenching, and utterly compelling. Heaven and Earth is the perfect novel. And I'm not saying this lightly. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect., Andrea Wulf, Costa-winning author of THE INVENTION OF NATUREHeaven and Earth is not just a magnificent novel - it's an act of faith in literature and in the rousing power of storytelling, an ode to the unknowable mystery that is the human heart. Novels like this are a rare find: you won't be able to forget it., Elena Varvello, bestselling author of CAN YOU HEAR ME?A novel as ferocious as youth and as pure as a utopia., Paolo Cognetti, award-winning author of THE EIGHT MOUNTAIN

PAOLO GIORDANO's first novel, THE SOLITUDE OF PRIME NUMBERS, was translated into more than 40 languages worldwide and won both the Premio Strega and the Premio Campiello (the Italian equivalent of, respectively, the Booker and the Costa prizes).

He is the creator and writer of the new HBO series We Are Who We Are, co-written and directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name) and starring Chloë Sevigny.

Paolo is the author of three other novels and he holds a master's degree and a doctorate in theoretical physics.