Transmission is a global tale, a novel of the contemporary interconnected world which seems to have gotten so much smaller. But despite a superficial appearance of sameness, of an ability to do anything anywhere, Kunzru suggests that while difference may not always rule it generally plays an enormous role (and can make for disastrous side-effects).Author: Hari Kunzru. Satirically covering subjects such as culture clash, pop culture and technology, Hari Kunzru's Transmission is a smart, unique novel with strong characters and an interesting, sprawling storyline. Whether it be book's anti-hero main character, or all the minor ones that play surprisingly large roles, these characters are well fleshed out and easy to sympathize with, whether you actually like them or not/5. Transmission by by Hari Kunzru. Genres: Fiction; hardcover: pages; Publisher: Dutton Adult; ISBN ; ISBN
According to Guy Swift: The Mission, a summary of aims and ideals that its author had sometimes found occasion to distribute as a spiral-bound document, "the future is happening today, and in today's fast-moving future the worst place to do business is the past.I strive to add value by surfing the wave of innovation. I will succeed." He had always liked the Skywalkeresque note of the last. Transmission, Hari Kunzru's new novel of love and lunacy, immigration and immunity, introduces a daydreaming Indian computer geek whose luxurious fantasies about life in America are shaken when he accepts a California job offer.. Lonely and naive, Arjun Mehta spends his days as a lowly assistant virus tester and pining away for his free-spirited colleague Christine. Transmission - Ebook written by Hari Kunzru. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Transmission.
Praise for Transmission “Hari Kunzru [has] a skewering wit, wide sympathies and a gimlet eye for the killing or illuminating detail.”—The Washington Post “Kunzru’s engagingly wired prose and agile plotting sweep all before them as the characters careen toward ruin.”—The New Yorker. Transmission is a global tale, a novel of the contemporary interconnected world which seems to have gotten so much smaller. But despite a superficial appearance of sameness, of an ability to do anything anywhere, Kunzru suggests that while difference may not always rule it generally plays an enormous role (and can make for disastrous side-effects). Transmission is a novel by British Indian author Hari Kunzru. It is his second novel. The story interweaves the fates of Arjun Mehta, Guy Swift, Leela Zahir and Gabriella Caro in the events that lead up to and follow the release of a powerful computer virus written by Arjun. The novel is structured in two parts.
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