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Deceptively Real
A copywriter loses everything in one go: love, money, and his career. But with the help of artificial intelligence, he manages to get back on his feet. The latest technology helps him write a book that generates considerable attention, because it supposedly tells the ›story of a genuine fate‹. Only one woman knows this isn’t true: the former lover of the now-celebrated author, who once took everything from him.
A smart, engaging mind game about authorship in the age of AI, and a gripping read on a highly topical theme.
352 pages
2024
978-3-257-07306-5
»Light-handedly and with a sensible wink, Charles Lewinsky encircles the great field of tension between artificial intelligence and literary writing.«
»Charles Lewinsky presents yet another inventive text with sparkling humour, gently revolving around the serious question of the meaning of genuine writing in times of AI.«
»An original, entertaining and smart novel about the other, artificial kind of intelligence coming into power.«
»A highly pleasant read. Lewinsky is a greatly skilled inventor of comical scenes. […] It’s definitely one of the most interesting books of the season.«
»Splendid publicity for real, genuine authors. […] A delightfully dark-humoured text on truth and deception.«
»Spot on and audacious. And ultimately, Deceptively Real is a proper thriller where the revelation is suspended to the last line.«
»An accomplished interplay displaying that AI doesn’t have to mean the end of literature.«
»An amusing and light-footed novel. A novel bearing evidence that artificial intelligence doesn’t have to be the end of literature – it can be played with beautifully.«
»In his new novel, the Swiss bestselling author Charles Lewinsky intelligently plays with the new opportunities of the digital age.«
»The Swiss author connects the copywriter’s derisive self-observation, the crooked girlfriend, the initially disdained neighbours, the rich patron and of course ›Kirsten‹ in an amusing manner.«