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Highlights
- From the author of Once More We Saw Stars, an electrifying debut novel about AI that calls to mind Never Let Me Go and The Candy House's tantalizing vision of the future.
- About the Author: JAYSON GREENE is the author of Once More We Saw Stars and a contributing writer and former senior editor at Pitchfork.
- 224 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
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"An electrifying debut novel about AI that imagines a tantalizing vision of the future"--Book Synopsis
From the author of Once More We Saw Stars, an electrifying debut novel about AI that calls to mind Never Let Me Go and The Candy House's tantalizing vision of the future. Four interconnected souls grapple with an inexplicable tragedy. Anna is shattered by the violent death of her son, Alex, and tormented by the question of whether it was an accident or a suicide. Samantha is Alex's best friend, and the only eyewitness to his death. She keeps returning to the cliff where she watched him either jump or fall, trying to sift through the shards. Aviva is an "upload," a digital entity composed of the sense memories of a human tether. But she's "emancipated," having left her human behind. Set free from her source and harboring a troubling secret, she finds temporary solace in the body of Cathy, a self-destructive ex-addict turned AI professor and upload-rights activist. With UnWorld, Jayson Greene envisions a grim but eerily familiar near-future where all lines have blurred--between visceral and digital, human and machine, real and unreal. As Anna, Cathy, Sam, and Aviva's stories hurtle toward each other, the stakes of UnWorld reveal themselves with electrifying intensity: What happens to the soul when it is splintered by grief? Where does love reside except in memory? What does it mean to be conscious, to be human, to be alive?About the Author
JAYSON GREENE is the author of Once More We Saw Stars and a contributing writer and former senior editor at Pitchfork. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and son. This is his first novel.Dimensions (Overall): 9.25 Inches (H) x 6.13 Inches (W) x .63 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.05 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Literary
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 224
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Format: Hardcover
Author: Jayson Greene
Language: English
Street Date: July 15, 2025
TCIN: 1002500266
UPC: 9780593802182
Item Number (DPCI): 247-49-6597
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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