{"product_id":"the-singularity-paperback","title":"The Singularity - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDino Buzzati\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnne Milano Appel\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this prophetic allegory about artificial intelligence by a renowned figure of twentieth-century Italian literature, a modest university professor becomes involved in a remote and enigmatic project in the middle of the Cold War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the beginning of Dino Buzzati's \u003ci\u003eThe Singularity\u003c\/i\u003e, Ermanno Ismani, an unassuming university professor, is summoned by the minister of defense to accept a two-year, top-secret mission at a mysterious research center, isolated from the world among forests, plunging cliffs, and high mountains. What's he supposed to do there? Not clear. How long will he be there? No saying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStill, Ismani takes the mystifying job and, accompanied by his no-nonsense wife, Elisa, heads to the so-called Experimental Camp of Military Zone 36, wondering whether, in the midst of the Cold War, it's some sort of nuclear project he's been assigned to. But no, the colleagues the couple meets on arrival assure them, it's nothing like that. It's much, much more powerful. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt the center of the research complex is strange, shining, at times murmurous, white wall. Behind it, a deep gorge drops away, full of wires and radio towers and mobile sensors and a host of eccentric structures. A question begins to dawn: Could this be the shape of consciousness itself? And if so, whose? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBuzzati's novella of 1960, a pioneering work of Italian science fiction, is published here in a brisk new translation by Anne Milano Appel. In it, Buzzati explores his favorite themes of love and longing while offering a startlingly prescient parable of artificial intelligence.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDino Buzzati \u003c\/b\u003e(1906-1972) was an Italian journalist, artist, and author. A gifted artist as well as writer, Buzzati was the author of five novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Stronghold\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Love Affair\u003c\/i\u003e (NYRB Classics); numerous short stories and poems; a children's book; and a comic book, \u003ci\u003ePoem Strip \u003c\/i\u003e(NYRB Classics). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnne Milano Appel\u003c\/b\u003e has translated nearly four dozen books from Italian into English, including Giovanni Arpino's \u003ci\u003eScent of a Woman\u003c\/i\u003e; Pope Francis's \u003ci\u003eGod is Young\u003c\/i\u003e; Claudio Magris's \u003ci\u003eBlindly\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the inaugural Italian Prose in Translation Award; and, most recently, Claudia Petrucci's \u003ci\u003eThe Performance\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in the Bay Area.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748153753888,"sku":"9781681378008","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b3b6dfecfab1addbf24c4f7a88d5c940.webp?v=1779905395","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-singularity-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}