"[_Murmur_] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave. . . . [Eaves] knows that Turing's theories of consciousness have implications for fiction, and that fiction can operate at the frontiers of what we know about the workings of our minds." --**_Guardian_** "_Murmur_ is a fully achieved literary
Murmur
β Scribed by Eaves, Will
- Book ID
- 110516617
- Publisher
- CB Editions
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 676 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781909585263
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Taking its cue from the arrest and legally enforced chemical castration of the mathematician Alan Turing, Murmur is the account of a man who responds to intolerable physical and mental stress with love, honour and a rigorous, unsentimental curiosity about the ways in which we perceive ourselves and the world. Formally audacious, daring in its intellectual inquiry and unwaveringly humane, Will Eavesβs new novel is a rare achievement.
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"[_Murmur_] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave. . . . [Eaves] knows that Turing's theories of consciousness have implications for fiction, and that fiction can operate at the frontiers of what we know about the workings of our minds." --**_Guardian_** "_Murmur_ is a fully achieved literary
"[_Murmur_ will] grip your mind in the very first pages, break your heart halfway through, and in the end, strangely, unexpectedly, restore your faith in human beings and their endless capacity for resilience." --**Wellcome Book Prize chair of judges Elif Shafak in the _Guardian_** "Eaves' playful,