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The immortal King Rao : a novel / Vauhini Vara.
"Will you, dear Shareholder, set Athena free? Athena Rao must reckon with the memory of her father, King Rao-literally. Through biotechnological innovation, he has given her his memories. His Dalit childhood on an Indian coconut plantation in the 1950s is as alive to her as her own existence in a prison cell, accused of her father's murder. Egocentric, brilliant, a little damaged, King Rao had a visionary idea: the personal computer known as the Coconut. His wife, Margie, was an artist with a marketing genius. Together they created a new world order, led by a corporate-run government. Athena's future is now in the hands of its Shareholders-unless she can rejoin the Exes, a resistance group sustaining tech-free lifestyles on low-lying islands. Lyrical, satirical, and profound, The Immortal King Rao obliterates genre to confront the digital age. This gripping, brilliant debut poses an urgent question: can anyone-peasant laborers, convention-destroying entrepreneurs, radical anarchists, social-media followers-ever get free?"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780393541755
- ISBN: 0393541754
- Physical Description: 374 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
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| Abington Community Library | FICTION VARA (Text) | 50687011778456 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION VARA (Text) | 50686016172426 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | F VAR (Text) | 33240004935014 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Highland Community Library | F VAR (Text) | 35610000994835 | HGHM Fiction | Available | - |
| Mason-Dixon Public Library | Adults VAR Fiction (Text) | 34262000775383 | Main Room | Available | - |
| Pottsville Free Public Library | FIC (Text) | 30003009099068 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Fiction Vara (Text) | 33223008919671 | Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062009844417 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
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