Born 1990 · Austria
Österreichischer Buchpreis 2021 · Winner
Raphaela Edelbauer · 31 when first published
Novel · 429 pages · Speculative, Love
AI-generated summary:In a near future when the climate has collapsed, the last 118,998 people live in a laboratory. The programmer Syz is recruited to feed his memories to DAVE, a prototype artificial intelligence meant to have human consciousness.
Deutscher Buchpreis 2019 · Shortlist
Das flüssige Land
Raphaela Edelbauer · 29 when first published
Novel · 349 pages · Speculative, Historical
AI-generated summary:After her parents die in a car accident, the physicist Ruth sets out to bury them in the village of their childhood, a place that hides from strangers. Beneath it lies a huge cavity that no one in the village will talk about.
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