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Jungle House
Julianne Pachico
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Beschreibung
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
'Stylish, beautiful and strange' Jessie Greengrass
As featured on BBC Open Book: 'poses questions about whether we can love AI and whether AI could love us ... I couldn't help but develop a soft spot for Mother' -- Johny Pitts
Lena has always lived in the jungle with Mother. There they look after a holiday home in surroundings that burst with colour and crawl with danger. Lena's only other friend is Isabella, who once visited regularly with her wealthy parents and security drone, Anton. But Isabella and her family haven't been seen in years.
Mother is not like other mothers. She gets angry when Lena draws her with a face. When Lena challenges her to portray herself, she paints a tiny yellow dot surrounded by swirling black. She is a bastion of light, she says, against an army of darkness.
Outside, rebels are fighting to take over the country. Mother is determined nothing will change inside the security fence, nothing to threaten her bond with Lena, or endanger the family. But there are secrets that need to emerge. How did Lena end up here? And what has happened to the family who no longer visit? What has Mother been planning, and what is gathering around them to change their lives forever?
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A millennial's view of the complexities of Colombia, full of existential angst and funny details ... Go to Pachico'
Skilfully plotted
Compelling, atmospheric and sultry
'Dazling and horrifying - this is Louise Bourgeois'
As enchanting as a fairy tale, and equally sinister, <i>Jungle House </i>takes us to the primordial forest and a future where AI manages the every need of a wealthy elite. Pachico's captivating novel is both a provocative conjuring of a future that'
Stylish, beautiful and strange, <i>Jungle House</i> looks with clear eyes at the complicated nature of embodiment, at our relationships both to ourselves and to others, and the delicate balance of love
Superb
There's an element of Hal 9000 transported to terra firma in Pachico'
Well written with strong characters ... if <i>The Jungle Book</i> was about an abandoned baby girl who was looked after by two robots and an all-seeing, all-hearing and all-knowing "Mother"
One of the most talked-about releases this month and it'
An affecting AI mystery
Intense and insightful ... a superb imagining on a topical subject matter - one which will leave you questioning developments about the impact of artificial intelligence, and its future
Pachico is a gripping writer
Thrilling ... remarkably inventive
This AI mystery is one to watch ... Gripping
Pachico lays bare the trauma of life in post-peace Columbia
<b>Praise for Julianne Pachico</b>
A bewildering and compelling novel that explores the tensions between town and country, danger and safety, rich and poor, and above all the human and the non-human... like <i>Lord of the Flies</i> fed through an episode of <i>Black Mirror</i>
Constantly seems to pose questions about whether we can love AI and whether AI could love us ... I couldn'
The robots are here, and they're touchy and insecure. At least, that's so in Julianne Pachico's brilliant AI mystery, <i>Jungle House</i>. With its remote setting, survival theme, and exploration of the possibilities and limitations of technology, it's a harmonious counterpoint to Naomi Alderman'
Insightful and very alive ... Pachico'
Thought-provoking and hauntingly atmospheric, Pachico'
Tense, poignant and atmospheric
<i>Jungle House</i> is excellent at suspense, constantly weaving terror through beguiling descriptions of the tropical landscape, and delivering well-earned plot twists throughout ... A fresh, darkly witty reminder that technology and nature still have some kinks to work out
Julianne Pachico's smart plotting means you're never quite certain what's going to happen next but you're left rooting for Mother and Lena, 2023'
<i>Jungle House</i> is extraordinary, a charming and ominous and utterly riveting story that reads partly like a fable, and partly like a premonition of our future
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Dystopia, AI, speculative fiction, Colombian, New Yorker, cli-fi, Colombia, Latin American, Ishiguro, Homo Deus, dystopian fiction, Latin America, Never Let Me Go