Meet us by the roaring sea
- Author/Creator:
- Kumarasamy, Akil, 1988- author
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022
- Format:
- Book
- Edition:
- First edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- Meet us by the roaring sea / Akil Kumarasamy
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Psychological fiction
Novels - Subjects:
- Translators--Fiction
Manuscripts--Fiction
Compassion--Fiction
Conduct of life--Fiction
Women medical students--Fiction
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "Alternating between the protagonist's present life and passages of a manuscript in translation, Meet Us by the Roaring Sea is a genre-bending exploration of memory, war, technology, friendship, love, consciousness, and the challenges of caring for others in an age where we are so often lost in our own minds"--
In the near future, a young woman finds her mother's body on the kitchen floor in Queens and sets on a journey through language, archives, artificial intelligence, and TV for a way back into herself. She begins to translate an old manuscript about a group of female medical students-- living through a drought and at the edge of the war-- as they create a new way of existence to help the people around them. In the process, the translator's life and the manuscript begin to become entangled. A childhood friend, a stranger, and an unusual AI project will force her to question her own moral compass and sense of goodness. -- adapted from jacket - Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 287 pages ; 22 cm
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937623745502486
- ISBN:
- 9780374177706
0374177708 - OCLC Number:
- 1264272284
- Barcode:
- 010003530470
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