Artificial : a love story
(Graphic Novel)
Author
Published
New York, NY : Catapult, 2023.
Format
Graphic Novel
Edition
First Catapult edition.
ISBN
1948226383, 9781948226387
Physical Desc
329 pages, 28 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Status
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Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Decatur Public Library - New Non-Fiction - Adult New Book Shelves | A GN 709.22 K | In |
Edwardsville Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction - Adult Library | 709.22 KUR | In |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Artificial intelligence -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Artists -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Autobiographical comics.
Biographical comics.
Families -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Inventors -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews, Austrian -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Kurzweil, Amy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Kurzweil, Frederic -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Kurzweil, Ray -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Pianists -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Artists -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Autobiographical comics.
Biographical comics.
Families -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Graphic novels.
Inventors -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Jews, Austrian -- United States -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Kurzweil, Amy -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Kurzweil, Frederic -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Kurzweil, Ray -- Comic books, strips, etc.
Pianists -- Comic books, strips, etc.
More Details
Published
New York, NY : Catapult, 2023.
Edition
First Catapult edition.
Language
English
ISBN
1948226383, 9781948226387
Notes
Description
A visionary story of three generations of artists whose search for meaning and connection transcends the limits of life. How 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? In this book, 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. Once, 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. Now, 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. Amy'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. With the cartoonist's signature humanity and humor, in boundary-pushing, gorgeous handmade drawings, this book guides readers through nuanced questions about art, memory, and technology, demonstrating that love, a process of focused attention, is what grounds a meaningful life.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Kurzweil, A. (2023). Artificial: a love story (First Catapult edition.). Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kurzweil, Amy. 2023. Artificial: A Love Story. Catapult.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Kurzweil, Amy. Artificial: A Love Story Catapult, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Kurzweil, Amy. Artificial: A Love Story First Catapult edition., Catapult, 2023.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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