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We Computers: A Ghazal Novel
Hamid Ismailov is an acclaimed poet, journalist and writer, whose latest novel “We Computers: A Ghazal Novel” was translated from Uzbek by Shelley Fairweather-Vega.
“We Computers” follows a French writer, Jon-Perse, whose passion for Persian poetry is spurred on by an AI programme that can conjure endless worlds of literature. But soon, his obsession acquires a mind of its own… Bringing together Ismailov’s encyclopaedic knowledge of Eastern and Western literature, and narrated by a fourth-wall-breaking computer, the novel shapeshifts across genres, cultures, eras and realities.
Hamid told us what inspired him to write a novel about poetry, programming and psychology; the book’s rich intertextuality; the complex relationship between an author, their work, and their readers, and much more.
We look forward to learning more on 21 October, when Hamid will discuss “We Computers” at Pushkin House with writer and translator Anna Aslanyan.
Literature
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Vera, Or Faith by Gary Shteyngart
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The White King by György Dragomán
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House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk
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Dog Doing Well: Stories from My Life in the Soviet Union by Sonya Vesterholt
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Memoirs of a Hunter by Ivan Turgenev
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Plays: The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters, The Seagull and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
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On the Eve by Ivan Turgenev
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Woe from Wit: A Verse Comedy in Four Acts by Alexander Griboedov
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Birds, Beasts and a World Made New: Guillaume Apollinaire and Velimir Khlebnikov translated by Robert Chandler
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Dislocation. Edited by Julia Nemirovskaya and Anna Krushelnitskaya
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The Fire Horse: Children's Poems by Mayakovsky, Mandelstam and Kharms
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The Penguin Book of Russian Poetry
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Xудожественная литература
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Живые картины - Полина Барскова
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Дарья Апахончич. 12 или 13 историй
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Интернатские рассказы - Рива Евстифеева
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Тайна мертвого ректора. Книга 1 - Виктор Дашкевич
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Приглашение на казнь - Владимир Набоков
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Король, дама, валет - Владимир Набоков
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Двенадцать стульев - Илья Ильф, Евгений Петров
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Обломов - Иван Гончаров
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Стихи - Владимир Набоков
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Священная зима 20/21 - Мария Степанова
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Поиски л. в... / Search for L. in... by Lisa Minaeva
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Остановка в пустыне. Конец прекрасной эпохи - Иосиф Бродский
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Non-fiction
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Soviet Internment: Memory, Nostalgia, and the POW Experience by Maria Cristina Galmarini
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How Russia Got Big: A Territorial History by Paul W. Werth
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The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt
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Central Europe: The Death of a Civilization and the Life of an Idea by Luka Ivan Jukic
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The Alienation Effect: How Central European Emigres Transformed the British Twentieth Century by Owen Hatherley
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Bone Music by Stephen Coates
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What About Tomorrow?: An Oral History of Russian Punk from the Soviet Era to Pussy Riot by Alexander Herbert
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Performing Femininity: Woman as Performer in Early Russian Cinema by Rachel Morley
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The Unbroken Generation. Youth Voices of Belarus 2020 edited by Elena Korosteleva and Victor Shadurski
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The New Silk Roads: The Present and Future of the World by Peter Frankopan
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Same River, Twice: Putin's War on Women by Sofi Oksanen
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Who Will Defend Europe?: An Awakened Russia and a Sleeping Continent by Keir Giles
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Days in the Caucasus by Banine
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Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story of War, Exile and Hope by Olia Hercules
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Into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg
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Parisian Days by Banine
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Hонфикшн
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Моя любимая страна - Елена Костюченко
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Унеси ты мое горе - Катерина Гордеева
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Шанс. Америка — Россия: окно возможностей - Сергей Алексашенко
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Война и наказание - Михаил Зыгарь
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Война и наказание - Михаил Зыгарь
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Дмитрий Глуховский. Мы. Дневник падения
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Неудобное прошлое: память о государственных преступлениях в России и других странах - Николай Эппле
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Появление героя: Из истории русской эмоциональной культуры конца XVIII – начала XIX века - Андрей Зорин
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Травма эмиграции: случай Владислава Ходасевича - Павел Успенский
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Преемник. История Бориса Немцова и страны, в которой он не стал президентом - Михаил Фишман
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Моя жизнь. До изгнания - Михаил Шемякин
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«Ничего они с нами не сделают». Драматургия. Проза. Воспоминания - Леонид Зорин
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