Immaculate conception a novel

"From the author of Natural Beauty: Set in the fiercely competitive art world, a novel about an obsessive friendship upended by a cutting-edge technology purported to enhance empathy and connection Enka meets Mathilde in art school. Mathilde is a dizzyingly talented yet tortured artist whose star is...

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Main Author: Huang, Ling Ling, 1989- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Dutton, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
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520 |a "From the author of Natural Beauty: Set in the fiercely competitive art world, a novel about an obsessive friendship upended by a cutting-edge technology purported to enhance empathy and connection Enka meets Mathilde in art school. Mathilde is a dizzyingly talented yet tortured artist whose star is on the rise-and Enka, struggling to make art that feels original, is immediately drawn to her. The two strike up a close friendship that soon turns codependent. But when Mathilde's fame reaches new heights, Enka becomes desperate to keep her best friend close-no matter the cost. Enka quickly falls in love with and marries a billionaire whose family's company is funding a cutting-edge technology purported to enhance empathy, and which could allow someone else to inhabit Mathilde's mind and absorb the trauma from her brain. Soon, the boundaries between Mathilde and Enka begin to blur even further, setting in motion a haunting series of events that forever change their lives. Blisteringly smart, thought-provoking, and shocking, IMMACULATE CONCEPTION deftly navigates big questions of art, technology, authorship, and what makes us human. Ling Ling Huang offers us a portrait of close friendship-achingly tender and twisted-that captures the tenuous line between love and possession, and that will haunt you long after you turn the final page"--  |c Provided by publisher. 
520 |a In Immaculate Conception, a struggling artist named Enka becomes entangled in a toxic friendship with the brilliant and tormented Mathilde. As Mathilde's fame rises, Enka marries into a tech empire developing a mind-altering empathy device--one that may let her inhabit Mathilde's mind and absorb her trauma. Set in the high-stakes art world, this provocative novel explores obsession, authorship, technology, and the blurred lines between love, identity, and control. 
650 0 |a Women art students  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Women artists  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Art schools  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Female friendship  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Envy  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Empathy  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Psychic trauma  |v Fiction. 
650 0 |a Capitalists and financiers  |v Fiction. 
655 7 |a Gothic fiction.  |2 lcgft 
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