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The startup wife : a novel / Tahmima Anam.
Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to revolutionize artificial intelligence when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones. Cyrus inspires Asha to write a new algorithm. Before she knows it, she's abandoned her PhD program, they've exchanged vows, and gone to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia. The platform creates a sensation, with millions of users seeking personalized rituals every day. Will Cyrus and Asha's marriage survive the pressures of sudden fame, or will she become overshadowed by the man everyone is calling the new messiah? In this gripping, blistering novel, award-winning author Tahmima Anam takes on faith and the future with a gimlet eye and a deft touch. Come for the radical vision of human connection, stay for the wickedly funny feminist look at startup culture and modern partnership. Can technology--with all its limits and possibilities--disrupt love?
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- ISBN: 9781982156183 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 296 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner, 2021.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Anam | 31681010242824 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
A brilliant coder, Asha is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones, who, after they are married, pushes her to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia where she creates a new algorithm that brings about sudden fame that could tear them apart. 75,000 first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to revolutionize artificial intelligence when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones. - Simon and Schuster
Named a Best Book of the Year by NPR?
In this âwise and wickedly funny novel about love, creativity, and the limitations of the tech-verseâ (Vogue) newlyweds Asha and Cyrus find themselves running one of the most popular social media platforms in the world.
Meet Asha Ray. Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to make a scientific breakthrough when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones.
Before she knows it, Asha has abandoned her lab, exchanged vows with Cyrus, and gone to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia to develop an app called WAIââWe are Infinite.â
WAI creates a sensation, with millions of users logging on every day. Will Cyrus and Ashaâs marriage survive the pressures of sudden fame, or will she become overshadowed by the man everyone is calling the new messiah?
This âscathingâand hilariousâtake on startup culture, marriage and workaholismâ (Politico) explores whether or not technologyâwith all its limits and possibilitiesâcan disrupt modern love.
