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A Ghazal Novel

by Hamid Ismailov
Publisher: Yale University Press, August of 2025 ‧
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Finalist of the National Book Awards 2025 for Translated Literature

In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon-Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he learns from his Uzbek translation partner, Abdulhamid Ismail, Jon-Perse builds a computer program capable of both analyzing and generating literature. But beyond the text on his screen there are entire worlds—of history, philosophy, and maybe even of love—in the stories and people he and AI conjure.

Crossing the poètes maudits with beloved Sufi classics, blending absurdist dreams with the life of the famed Persian poet Hafez, moving from careful mathematical calculations to lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents a transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age. Situated at the crossroads of a multilingual world and mediated by the unreliable sensibilities of digital intelligence, this book is a celebration of how poetry resonates across time and space.

We Computers

A Ghazal Novel

by Hamid Ismailov

Property Description
ISBN: 9780300272741
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date: August of 2025
Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 20 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 296
Format: Book
Collection: The Margellos World Republic Of Letters
Categories: Books in English > Fiction > Romance
EAN: 9780300272741

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