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The Ministry of Utopias
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ISBN10: 1787956261
ISBN13: 9781787956261
Publisher: Global East-West (London)
Published: Feb 23 2026
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781787956261
Publisher: Global East-West (London)
Published: Feb 23 2026
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.54
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
The Ministry of Utopias offers a profound critique of the modern surveillance state and the commercialization of human emotion. Set in a fictionalized desert Principality, the novel follows Tariq Al-Asmar, an auditor of Reality in a regime that has moved beyond such legacy concepts.When the Ministry's attempt to automate joy via the AI Nour results in a series of catastrophic-yet highly marketable-failures, Tariq is forced to confront the ultimate bureaucratic trap: a system that swallows dissent and regurgitates it as a Key Performance Indicator.
Through razor-sharp dialogue and Kafkaesque situations, Buraq explores themes of identity, the corruption of language, and the ethical implications of affective computing. The novel moves from the sub-basements of data scientists to the penthouses of ministers, revealing a bureaucratic black market that is more real than the city it supports.Elegant, acerbic, and deeply insightful, The Ministry of Utopias is an essential addition to the tradition of social satire, offering a timely autopsy of progress, AI, and the politics of perception.
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