In "Artificial" wird die Geschichte der Kurzweil-Familie erzählt, die über drei Generationen von Künstlern hinweg nach Sinn und Beziehung sucht. Ray Kurzweil nutzt KI, um einen Chatbot zu erschaffen, der in der Stimme seines verstorbenen Vaters spricht, während seine Tochter Amy mit den Folgen der Familiengeschichte kämpft.
Eine jüdische Familiengeschichte dreier Frauengenerationen
<i>Flying Couch</i>, Amy Kurzweil’s debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe’s story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past. <i>Flying Couch</i> uses Bubbe’s real testimony and her playful, idiosyncratic sensibility to investigate the legacy of trauma, the power of family stories, and the meaning of home. The result is this bold illustrated memoir, both an original story of self-discovery and an important entry into the literature of the Holocaust. “<i>Flying Couch</i> is perfect. It’s perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that’s completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book.” —Liana Finck, author of <i>The Bintel Brief</i> “<i>Flying Couch</i> is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history.” —Ariel Schrag, author of <i>Likewise and Awkward and Definition</i> “I read <i>Flying Couch</i> in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried.” —Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>Not Quite What I Was Planning</i> "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." —Tahneer Oksman, author of <i>How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?</i>