We Computers: A Ghazal Novel by Hamid Ismailov

"Many paths cross in Ismailov's beautiful new work--poetry, history and the infinite imagination. Every path winding into another. Every path worth taking."--Patti Smith   "Ismailov's best novel yet, We Computers braids together exquisite classical and modern poetry, disorienting autofiction, and Oulipian metaliterary trickery, without ever losing its sense of fun. Fairweather-Vega's translation handles the multilingual quotations and protean range of pastiche with remarkable deftness."--Samuel Hodgkin, Yale University   A multilayered exploration of poetry, authorship, and digital intelligence by "a writer of immense poetic power" (The Guardian)   "Many paths cross in Ismailov's beautiful new work--poetry, history and the infinite imagination. Every path winding into another. Every path worth taking."--Patti Smith   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 snip