02017cam a2200349 i 4500 2024089972 TxAuBib 20250527120000.0 240823s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024036915 9780593850435 HRD 28.00 0593850432 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Huang, Ling Ling, 1989-, author. Immaculate conception [BOOK] : a novel / Ling Ling Huang. First edition. New York : Dutton, 2025. 289 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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.". 20250527. Art schools Fiction. Female friendship Fiction. Empathy Fiction. Capitalists and financiers Fiction. Women artists Fiction. Psychic trauma Fiction. Asian Americans Fiction. Horror fiction.