A multilayered exploration of poetry, authorship, and digital intelligence by -a writer of immense poetic power- (The Guardian) In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon-Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he learns from his Uzbek translation partner, Abdulhamid Ismoil, Jon-Perse builds a computer program capable of both analyzing and generating literature. But beyond the text on his screen there are entire worlds-of history, philosophy, and maybe even of love-in the stories and people he and AI conjure. Hamid Ismailov brings together his work as a poet, translator, and student of literature of both East and West to craft a postmodern ode to poetry across centuries and continents. Crossing the po-s maudits with beloved Sufi classics, blending absurdist dreams with the life of Hafez, moving from careful mathematical calculations to lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an i
