The dream hotel: a novel
(Book)
Author:
Published:
New York : Pantheon Books, 2025.
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Status:
19 copies, 20 people are on the wait list.
1 copy on order.
1 copy on order.
Description
"From Laila Lalami-the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)-comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance. Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom. Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel artfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are"--
Copies
Location
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Status
East Hampton New Adult Fiction
FIC LAL
In Transit
Location
Call Number
Status
East Haddam/Moodus New Adult
FIC LAL
Due May 2, 2025
East Lyme Public New Fiction
Lalami, Laila (Dream)
On Holdshelf
Guilford New Adult Fiction
FIC LALAMI
Due May 29, 2025
Hamden/Miller Adult Lucky Day Books
FIC/LALAMI
Due May 13, 2025
Hamden/Miller New Adult Fiction
FIC/LALAMI
Due May 30, 2025
Madison/Scranton Adult Fiction - New
F LALAMI
Due May 21, 2025
Meriden New Adult Fiction
FIC LALAMI
Due May 19, 2025
North Branford/Atwater Adult Fiction - New
New Fiction Lalami
Due May 16, 2025
North Haven Adult New Fiction
Fiction Lalami, Laila
On Holdshelf
Old Lyme New A Fiction - New
FIC LALAMI
Due May 16, 2025
Orange/Case Adult Fiction Book
New Fiction Lalami
Due May 14, 2025
Preston Adult New Fiction
F LALAMI, Laila
In Process
Stony Creek/Willoughby Wallace New Adult Fiction
FIC LAL
Due May 22, 2025
Wallingford NEW Adult Fiction
LALAMI
In Transit
West Haven Main New Adult Fiction
NEW FIC LALAMI
Due May 12, 2025
Woodbridge New Adult Fiction
FIC LALAMI
On Holdshelf
Branford/Blackstone Friends Quick Picks
FICTION LALAMI
On Order
Branford/Blackstone New Adult Fiction
FICTION LALAMI
On Order
Location
Call Number
Status
Acton Public Library On Order
ON ORDER
On Order
More Details
Language:
Unknown
ISBN:
9780593317600, 0593317602
Notes
Description
"From Laila Lalami-the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist and a "maestra of literary fiction" (NPR)-comes a riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance. Sara has just landed at LAX, returning home from a conference abroad, when agents from the Risk Assessment Administration pull her aside and inform her that she will soon commit a crime. Using data from her dreams, the RAA's algorithm has determined that she is at imminent risk of harming the person she loves most: her husband. For his safety, she must be kept under observation for twenty-one days. The agents transfer Sara to a retention center, where she is held with other dreamers, all of them women trying to prove their innocence from different crimes. With every deviation from the strict and ever-shifting rules of the facility, their stay is extended. Months pass and Sara seems no closer to release. Then one day, a new resident arrives, disrupting the order of the facility and leading Sara on a collision course with the very companies that have deprived her of her freedom. Eerie, urgent, and ceaselessly clear-eyed, The Dream Hotel artfully explores the seductive nature of technology, which puts us in shackles even as it makes our lives easier. Lalami asks how much of ourselves must remain private if we are to remain free, and whether even the most invasive forms of surveillance can ever capture who we really are"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Lalami, L. (2025). The dream hotel: a novel. First edition. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Lalami, Laila, 1968-. 2025. The Dream Hotel: A Novel. Pantheon Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Lalami, Laila, 1968-, The Dream Hotel: A Novel. Pantheon Books, 2025.
MLA Citation (style guide)Lalami, Laila. The Dream Hotel: A Novel. First edition. Pantheon Books, 2025.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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