Stay This Day and Night with Me

Name: Stay This Day and Night with Me
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9780872868939
Price: 34.99 NZD
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By Beln Gopegui and Belen Gopegui

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Summary

Stay This Day and Night with Me by Belén Gopegui is a thought-provoking exploration of human connection and artificial intelligence. The story revolves around a scientist and her conversation with a powerful AI, challenging assumptions about consciousness, empathy, and the nature of intellect. Set in a world where technology intertwines deeply with reality, the book delves into philosophical themes, questioning what it means to be truly alive and connected.
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This book may appeal to you if you're intrigued by thought-provoking narratives that blend artificial intelligence with human relationships. It offers a contemplative journey into the ethical and emotional landscapes that are reshaped by advancing technology, perfect for readers who enjoy speculative fiction with philosophical depth.

Stay This Day and Night with Me

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This is the story of Olga, a retired mathematician, and Mateo, a college student passionate about robotics, and their plot to influence Google.

After a chance encounter at the public library, two new friends begin to meet up regularly. Together they decide to submit an application for Google sponsorship to an elite technology-training programme. Hoping to stand out, they frame their submission as a direct appeal to the 'conscience' of the seemingly all-powerful corporation.

Olga, a retired entrepreneur, and Mateo, a college student, find unexpected connection and solace in their conversations. Ideas and arguments open into personal stories as they debate the possibility of free will, the existence of merit, and the role of artificial intelligence. They ask the most basic and important of questions: What does it mean to be human in a reality shaped by data and surveillance? Is there still space for empathy and care? What could we be, what could we build, if we used our resources in different ways?

This book has excited me more than any that I have read this year. - Sam Sacks, Wall Street Journal

This is a beautifully written, endlessly provocative meditation on humanity's relationship to technology, monopoly, memory and fate. - Dave Eggers, author of The Circle and The Every

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Stay This Day and Night with Me by Belen Gopegui, translated by Mark Schafer, has been described as a novel that tackles the intricate relationship between technology and society. Critics praise the book for its intellectual depth and philosophical engagement with the rise of AI, adding to debates explored by authors like William Gibson and Jennifer Egan. Through the story of Olga and Mateo, the book examines corporate capitalism and human connection amidst technological advances, marked by Gopegui's delicate and thought-provoking writing style.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780872868939

Publisher: City Lights Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 04 May 2023

Country: United States

Imprint: City Lights Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

Translated by Mark Schafer
Translated by Mark Schafer

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 133.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 188

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Belen Gopegui Beln Gopegui Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Literary Fiction Sci-Fi & Fantasy

About the Author

Belen Gopegui burst onto the Spanish literary scene in 1993, bowling over critics with her debut, La escala de los mapas [The Scale of Maps, City Lights, 2011], which was hailed as a masterpiece. She has since published six more novels, stories, young people's fiction, and screenplays, and several of her books have been adapted for cinema. This is her second translation into English. Gopegui was born, and lives in, Madrid, Spain.

Mark Schafer is an award-winning literary translator and visual artist, and a senior lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, Boston, where he teaches Spanish. He has translated works by authors from around the Spanish-speaking world, including David Huerta, Virgilio Piera, Alberto Ruy Snchez, and Belen Gopegui'sLa escala de los mapas[The Scale of MapsSchafer is a founding member of the Boston Area Literary Translators Group. He lives in Roxbury, Massachusetts.