By Blood is a psychological thriller set in gritty 1970s San Francisco, with a classics professor for a protagonist and other characters connected by family and fate to the Holocaust. Despite being a well-known computer programmer, Ullman's latest novel dwells within a world where personal computers do not even exist. While the action of Ms. Ullman's new book is set pre-Internet, it still resonates deeply with the virtual way we live now. The narrator's account of his eavesdropping could describe the experience of reading strangers' feeds on Facebook or Twitter. A cheese and wine reception will precede Ullman's presentation, and books will be sold and signed immediately after.
DTSTART:20120718T023000Z DTEND:20120718T023000Z DTSTAMP:20130520T175425 LAST-MODIFIED:20091112T011143Z LOCATION:Belmont PRIORITY:5 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us:An Evening with Author Ellen Ullman TRANSP:OPAQUE UID:20130520T175425-1533017064-smcl.org X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:By Blood is a psychological thriller set in gritty 1970s San Francisco, with a classics professor for a protagonist and other characters connected by family and fate to the Holocaust. Despite being a well-known computer programmer, Ullman's latest novel dwells within a world where personal computers do not even exist. While the action of Ms. Ullman's new book is set pre-Internet, it still resonates deeply with the virtual way we live now. The narrator's account of his eavesdropping could describe the experience of reading strangers' feeds on Facebook or Twitter. A cheese and wine reception will precede Ullman's presentation, and books will be sold and signed immediately after.