{"product_id":"9781919609294","title":"Thread Ripper","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Smith, Amalie\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 1 June 2022 by Lolli Editions in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e151 x 209 x 23 | 288g\u003cp\u003eAn artist in her thirties weaves and unravels connections between the loom and the computer, DNA and technology, dreams and decisionsThread Ripper is a multi-strand novel about weaving, women, and programming. In Copenhagen, a tapestry-weaver embarks on her first big commission, a digitally woven tapestry. As she works, she draws illuminating connections between all the stuff that life is made from - DNA, plant tissue, algorithms, text and textile - and that which disrupts it - radiation, pests, entropy and doubt. In another strand, we follow Ada Lovelace, the 1830s mathematician and pioneer of computer programming. And Penelope, the faithful wife of Odysseus, who wove and unpicked a shroud to put off her 108 suitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Contemplative yet clear-sighted, Amalie Smith's hybrid textile of a novel bares the aching but crucial interwovenness of art and life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Smith, Amalie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50666271342776,"sku":"9781919609294","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781919609294.jpg?v=1734737058","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781919609294","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}