{"product_id":"artificial-amy-kurzweil-9781948226387","title":"Artificial: A Love Story","description":"\u003cb\u003eA visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life\u003c\/b\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy Kurzweil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1948226383\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948226387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.31h x 8.19w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2023 pg. 15\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/28\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2023 pg. 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2023 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/20\/2023","brand":"Amy Kurzweil","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44133363843327,"sku":"9781948226387","price":38.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fe398e15-ee35-42ac-b728-9b6660f690a4.jpg?v=1687485668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/artificial-amy-kurzweil-9781948226387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}