9780525567035-0525567038-Machines Like Me: A Novel

Machines Like Me: A Novel

ISBN-13: 9780525567035
ISBN-10: 0525567038
Edition: Reprint
Author: Ian McEwan
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Anchor
Format: Paperback 352 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780525567035
ISBN-10: 0525567038
Edition: Reprint
Author: Ian McEwan
Publication date: 2020
Publisher: Anchor
Format: Paperback 352 pages

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Machines Like Me: A Novel (ISBN-13: 9780525567035 and ISBN-10: 0525567038), written by authors Ian McEwan, was published by Anchor in 2020. With an overall rating of 4.4 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Machines Like Me: A Novel (Paperback, Used) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.53.

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From the Booker Prize winner and bestselling author of Atonement—”a sharply intelligent novel of ideas” (The New York Times) that asks whether a machine can understand the human heart, or whether we are the ones who lack understanding.
Set in an uncanny alternative 1982 London—where Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence—Machines Like Me powerfully portrays two lovers who will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first generation of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he codesigns Adam's personality. The near-perfect human that emerges is beautiful, strong, and smart—and a love triangle soon forms. Ian McEwan's subversive, gripping novel poses fundamental questions: What makes us human—our outward deeds or our inner lives? Could a machine understand the human heart? This provocative and thrilling tale warns against the power to invent things beyond our control.
Don’t miss Ian McEwan’s new novel, Lessons, coming in September!

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