{"product_id":"artificial-a-love-story-hardcover","title":"Artificial: A Love Story - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Kurzweil\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow do we relate to--and hold--our family's past? Is it through technology? Through spirit? Art, poetry, music? Or is it through the resonances we look for in ourselves? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eArtificial, \u003c\/i\u003e we meet the Kurzweils, a family of creators who are preserving their history through unusual means. At the center is renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, who has long been saving the documents of his deceased father, Fredric, an accomplished conductor and pianist from Vienna who fled the Nazis in 1938. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce, Fred's life was saved by his art: an American benefactor, impressed by Fred's musical genius, sponsored his emigration to the United States. He escaped just one month before Kristallnacht. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow, Fred has returned. Through AI and salvaged writing, Ray is building a chatbot that writes in Fred's voice, and he enlists his daughter, cartoonist Amy Kurzweil, to help him ensure the immortality of their family's fraught inheritance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAmy's deepening understanding of her family's traumatic uprooting resonates with the creative life she fights to claim in the present, as Amy and her partner, Jacob, chase jobs, and each other, across the country. Kurzweil evokes an understanding of accomplishment that centers conversation and connection, knowing and being known by others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Kurzweil's signature humanity and humor, in boundary-pushing, gorgeous handmade drawings, Artificial guides us through nuanced questions about art, memory, and technology, demonstrating that love, a process of focused attention, is what grounds a meaningful life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMY KURZWEIL\u003c\/b\u003e is a \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker \u003c\/i\u003ecartoonist and the author of \u003ci\u003eFlying Couch: A Graphic Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a 2021 Berlin Prize Fellow with the American Academy in Berlin, a 2019 Shearing Fellow with the Black Mountain Institute, and has received fellowships from MacDowell, Djerassi, and elsewhere. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe has been nominated for a Reuben Award and an Ignatz Award for \"Technofeelia,\" her four part series with \u003ci\u003eThe Believer Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her writing, comics, and cartoons have also been published in \u003ci\u003eThe Verge, The New York Times Book Review, Longreads, Literary Hub, WIRED\u003c\/i\u003e and many other places. Kurzweil has taught widely for over a decade. See her website (amykurzweil.com) to take a class with her.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 10.31 x 8.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752404156704,"sku":"9781948226387","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c709ad53c41b6a8ea57eff9fec9cb0fd.webp?v=1779994843","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/artificial-a-love-story-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}