Kismet: A Novel
Autor Luke Tredgeten Limba Engleză Hardback – 6 aug 2018
Twenty-nine-year-old Anna is smart, vivacious, and in the midst of a complete existential meltdown. Sure, from the outside everything in her life seems to be going just fine: She has a decent job, a devoted BFF, and a lovely boyfriend named Pete with whom she is exactly 70% compatible, according to Kismet, the matchmaking app that everyone in Anna's world uses to find love. Still...isn't there supposed to be more to life thanthis? Should she settle for a secure and predictable existence with Pete, or risk everything for a life of passion and adventure?
With true adulthood (the dreaded thirty) just weeks away, Anna secretly re-joins Kismet, and soon encounters Geoff, a dashing, forty-something journalist with whom she has a shockingly high compatibility score of 81. How can she not at least see where this goes...?
A funny and propulsive love story for our over-networked age, KISMET challenges us to take stock of how technology shapes our desires and what it means to "settle."
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316418294
ISBN-10: 0316418293
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 152 x 219 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316418293
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 152 x 219 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Notă biografică
Luke
Tredget
works
in
international
development,
primarily
for
the
Red
Cross.
His
journalism
has
been
published
inTheGuardian,and
he
completed
the
Birkbeck
Creative
Writing
MA
in
2015.
He
lives
in
London.
Recenzii
"Theennui
of
the
modern-day
privileged
class
has
rarely
been
captured
as
poignantlyas
in
Luke
Tredget'sKismet,
a
deeplyfelt
reflection
of
the
ways
in
which
technology
that
was
supposed
to
bringpeople
closer
together
often
only
serves
to
isolate
them
(and
occasionallydrive
them
mad).
And
as
Tredget's
complicated,
often
frustrating,
but
eminentlyrelatable
protagonist
shows,
the
truest
human
connection
occurs
when
we
put
ourphones
away."—Doree
Shafrir,
author
of
Startup
"Tredgetwrites a funny, timely story, with flawed and relatable characters, about howtechnology affects our desires and what it means to 'settle.' Though hesatirizes modern dating and the idea of perfection in a relationship, he writeswith an engaging warmth and lightness. Readers will surely enjoy this wittymodern love story."—Booklist
"Asharply written and heartfelt story about the connections between us,technological or otherwise. Luke Tredget has created a protagonist so lovablethat you won't be able to stop reading until you know her fate."—Leslie Cohen, author of This Love Story Will Self-Destruct
"Sharp,witty and full of tension...an intelligent and highly readable novel."—Irish Times
"Tredget'strenchant, entertaining debut traces how big data and social media have becomean obstacle for healthy relationships...Anincisive view of the uncertainties of contemporary adulthood."—Publishers Weekly
"Kismetis compelling for more thanits unflinching study of the infiltration of romance by technology andalgorithms. At its heart this novel is about what endures in spite of all that;a modern love story of exceptional warmth, intelligence and humanity."—Luke Kennard, author of The Transition
it "[a] perceptive debut novel...[a] fast-moving and witty love story forthe digital age."—Shelf-Awareness
"Tredgetwrites a funny, timely story, with flawed and relatable characters, about howtechnology affects our desires and what it means to 'settle.' Though hesatirizes modern dating and the idea of perfection in a relationship, he writeswith an engaging warmth and lightness. Readers will surely enjoy this wittymodern love story."—Booklist
"Asharply written and heartfelt story about the connections between us,technological or otherwise. Luke Tredget has created a protagonist so lovablethat you won't be able to stop reading until you know her fate."—Leslie Cohen, author of This Love Story Will Self-Destruct
"Sharp,witty and full of tension...an intelligent and highly readable novel."—Irish Times
"Tredget'strenchant, entertaining debut traces how big data and social media have becomean obstacle for healthy relationships...Anincisive view of the uncertainties of contemporary adulthood."—Publishers Weekly
"Kismetis compelling for more thanits unflinching study of the infiltration of romance by technology andalgorithms. At its heart this novel is about what endures in spite of all that;a modern love story of exceptional warmth, intelligence and humanity."—Luke Kennard, author of The Transition
it "[a] perceptive debut novel...[a] fast-moving and witty love story forthe digital age."—Shelf-Awareness
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Kismet [n.] /'kismet/ Destiny; Origin: 19th century: from Arabic, qisma 'division, portion, lot', qasama 'to divide'.Anna [n.] /'aene/ Journalist and Community Shed entrepreneur, rent-a-sheep developer; Having a glass of wine. Whether Kismet means destiny or division, Anna is about to test it to its very limits.
Kismet [n.] /'kismet/ Destiny; Origin: 19th century: from Arabic, qisma 'division, portion, lot', qasama 'to divide'.Anna [n.] /'aene/ Journalist and Community Shed entrepreneur, rent-a-sheep developer; Having a glass of wine. Whether Kismet means destiny or division, Anna is about to test it to its very limits.