The immortal King Rao : a novel / Vauhini Vara.
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TextPublication details: New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Co., [2022]Edition: 1st edDescription: 374 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780393541755Subject(s): Involuntary memory -- Fiction | Biotechnology -- Fiction | Fathers and daughters -- FictionGenre/Form: Dystopian fiction.DDC classification: 813/.6 LOC classification: PS3622.A7235 | I46 2022Summary: "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."--Provided by publisher.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC VAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500061416 |
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"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."--Provided by publisher.
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