{"product_id":"speak-paperback-3","title":"Speak - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouisa Hall\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA thoughtful, poignant novel that explores the creation of Artificial Intelligence--illuminating the very human need for communication, connection, and understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a narrative that spans geography and time, from the Atlantic Ocean in the seventeenth century, to a correctional institute in Texas in the near future, and told from the perspectives of five very different characters, \u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e considers what it means to be human, and what it means to be less than fully alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young Puritan woman travels to the New World with her unwanted new husband. Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician and code breaker, writes letters to his best friend's mother. A Jewish refugee and professor of computer science struggles to reconnect with his increasingly detached wife. An isolated and traumatized young girl exchanges messages with an intelligent software program. A former Silicon Valley Wunderkind is imprisoned for creating illegal lifelike dolls.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach of these characters is attempting to communicate across gaps--to estranged spouses, lost friends, future readers, or a computer program that may or may not understand them. In dazzling and electrifying prose, Louisa Hall explores how the chasm between computer and human--shrinking rapidly with today's technological advances--echoes the gaps that exist between ordinary people. Though each speaks from a distinct place and moment in time, all five characters share the need to express themselves while simultaneously wondering if they will ever be heard, or understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Everything you could want in a story is here: courage and cowardice, lust and devotion, sickness and health, partings and death, better and worse. \u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that calls to the reader in many voices, harnessed to one distinct and singular imagination--Louisa Hall's. Turn to page one and be amazed.\"--Joe Hill, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fireman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a narrative that spans geography and time, told from the perspectives of five very different characters, \u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e considers what it means to be human, and what it means to be less than fully alive. A Puritan woman freshly arrived in the New World, mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing, a computer science professor, a young girl, and a former Silicon Valley wunderkind now in prison are all attempting to communicate . . . with estranged spouses, lost friends, future readers, or a computer program that may or may not understand them. Although each speaks from a distinct place and moment in time, they all share the need to express themselves while simultaneously wondering if they will ever be heard, or understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dazzling and electrifying prose, Louisa Hall explores how the chasm between computer and human--shrinking rapidly with today's technological advances--echoes the gaps that exist between ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e is that rarest of finds: a novel that doesn't remind me of any other book I've ever read. A complex, nuanced, and beautifully written meditation on language, immortality, the nature of memory, the ethical problems of artificial intelligence, and what it means to be human.\"--Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e--Roanoke Times\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Everything you could want in a story is here: courage and cowardice, lust and devotion, sickness and health, partings and death, better and worse. \u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e is a novel that calls to the reader in many voices, harnessed to one distinct and singular imagination--Louisa Hall's. Turn to page one and be amazed.\"--Joe Hill, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Fireman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a narrative that spans geography and time, told from the perspectives of five very different characters, \u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e considers what it means to be human, and what it means to be less than fully alive. A Puritan woman freshly arrived in the New World, mathematician and codebreaker Alan Turing, a computer science professor, a young girl, and a former Silicon Valley wunderkind now in prison are all attempting to communicate . . . with estranged spouses, lost friends, future readers, or a computer program that may or may not understand them. Although each speaks from a distinct place and moment in time, they all share the need to express themselves while simultaneously wondering if they will ever be heard, or understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn dazzling and electrifying prose, Louisa Hall explores how the chasm between computer and human--shrinking rapidly with today's technological advances--echoes the gaps that exist between ordinary people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eSpeak\u003c\/em\u003e is that rarest of finds: a novel that doesn't remind me of any other book I've ever read. A complex, nuanced, and beautifully written meditation on language, immortality, the nature of memory, the ethical problems of artificial intelligence, and what it means to be human.\"--Emily St. John Mandel, author of \u003cem\u003eStation Eleven\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 03, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42177412759687,"sku":"9780062391209","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/085327e5c4ea8c691fb6bcaf7d922178.webp?v=1733397348","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/speak-paperback-3","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}