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Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
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Published: 26/07/2016
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ISBN: 9781473537361
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Length: 464 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
'A staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy and the emotional necessities that make life worth living.' Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
BOSTON, 1980
Ada Sibelius is twelve years old and home-schooled. Her days are spent in a lab with her father David, a computer science professor, and the brilliant minds of his colleagues.
David is widely regarded as one of best in his field. That is, until he starts to forget things.
When David is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Ada’s world falls apart. But when he leaves a floppy disk for his beloved daughter, she has no idea that the coding within it holds the key to a past that her father refused to talk about. Navigating her teenage years without his guidance, will Ada be able to piece together the father she lost?
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Imprint: Cornerstone Digital
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Published: 26/07/2016
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ISBN: 9781473537361
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Length: 464 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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"In sparse, urgent prose, Liz Moore delivers a staggeringly beautiful meditation on love, legacy, and the emotional necessities that make life worth living. That lump in your throat? You won’t quite know how it got there?nor believe how long it will stick around once the final page is turned."
Tea Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
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"I was so thoroughly engaged with The Unseen World. What a wonderful, fulfilling, riveting read, alive with complex characters, a thrilling story, wit, and, above all, a deep sense of compassion."
Jami Attenberg, author of Saint Mazie
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"Fiercely intelligent....Moore evocatively renders the remoteness of even our closest loved ones"
New York Times Book Review
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"A cerebral, page-turning thriller … an elegant and ethereal novel about identity and the dawn of artificial intelligence, and a convincing interior portrait of a young woman."
Washington Post
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"[A] captivating page-turner … a wry, gentle coming-of-age story and an intriguing glimpse into the development of artificial intelligence and virtual reality … It is also an incisive, insightful, and compassionate examination of the complexities of family and identity"
Boston Globe
