Murmur, Will Eaves
Murmur, Will Eaves
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Murmur

Author: Will Eaves

Narrator: Will Eaves

Unabridged: 6 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/16/2019

Synopsis

In Murmur, a hallucinatory masterwork, Will Eaves invites us into the brilliant mind of Alec Pryor, a character inspired by Alan Turing.Turing, father of artificial intelligence and pioneer of radical new techniques to break the Nazi Enigma cipher during World War II, was later persecuted by the British state for “gross indecency with another male” and forced to undergo chemical castration.Set during the devastating period before Turing’s suicide, Murmur evokes an extraordinary life, the beauty and sorrows of love, and the nature of consciousness.

About Will Eaves

Will Eaves is the author of two poetry collections and five novels, including Murmur, the first of his novels to be published in the United States. His work has appeared in The Guardian, New Yorker, and Yale Review, and has been shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award, Encore Award, Goldsmiths Prize, and BBC National Short Story Award. Previously the arts editor of the Times Literary Supplement, he now teaches writing at the University of Warwick and lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gumble's Yard - Golden Reviewer

Now winner if the Wellcome Prize following being the joint winner of the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize. Also shortlisted for the 2018 Goldsmith prize and on the longlist for the 2019 Folio Prize and shortlisted for the 2019 James Tait Black prize. These are, or were, the contributing circu......more

Goodreads review by Katia

Will Eaves has certainly taken a lot of risks with this short condensed novel. In my view, it has paid off. It is a complex book to think about, even more so - to write about in a linear fashion. It has got a very complex structure. It could be viewed as a matrix: in terms of the content, it is a tr......more

Goodreads review by Paul

Winner of the Wellcome Prize, Joint winner of the 2019 Republic of Consciousness Prize, shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize, longlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize, and shortlisted for the 2018 Goldsmiths Prize, as I had hoped when I read it in back in February 2018 The RoC judges' citation:......more

Quotes

“Beautiful and hallucinatory…From extreme isolation and suffering springs a vision of universal connectedness.” Wall Street Journal

“An extraordinary exploration of dreams, consciousness, science and the future.” New Scientist

“[Murmur] is as bracingly intelligent as it is brave.” The Guardian (London)

“Ambitiously and brilliantly illustrates the relationships between fiction, consciousness, and artificial intelligence.” Australian Book Review

“A deftly crafted read from beginning to end…Extraordinary and unreservedly recommended.” Midwest Book Review

“A wildly inventive and moving exploration of the human mind.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“An exquisite novel…[that] will submerge readers in contemplation and dazzling prose as it captures the essence of mind and matter.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Murmur is a fully achieved literary experiment, digging deep into all the dimensions of human consciousness.” Goldsmiths Prize judge’s citation

Awards

  • Wellcome Trust Book Prize
  • Guardian Best Book of the Year
  • Times Literary Supplement Best Book
  • Rathbones Folio Prize
  • James Tait Black Memorial Prize
  • Goldsmiths Prize
  • New Scientist magazine selection
  • Australian Book Review Pick
  • Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books
  • Lambda Literary Award
  • Wall Street Journal Best Book
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