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An abortion once cost a writer of science fiction the child he wanted, and years later, in 2032, the grief drives him to purchase an artificial daughter. Scottie can think, feel and know herself, yet she is built as a girl of seven and will stay seven forever, and the talks between the two of them carry the book. From there the novel spreads in many directions, bending time and place: reflections on what novels are for, lines quoted from books both real and invented, a giddy leap through history, and recollections of a frightening childhood that left the narrator anxious about living and full of contempt for himself.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

606 pages in the original

Genres

Speculative (assigned by AI)

First published

2021 by Ambo|Anthos

Author's age

46 when first published

ISBN

9789026346934 (original)

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