Description
With a New Introduction by Mary Gaitskill
A PEN/Hemingway Award Finalist A New York Times Book Review Notable Book Ellen Ullman is a rarity, a computer programmer with a poet's feeling for language (Laura Miller, Salon). The Bug breaks new ground in literary fiction, offering us a deep look into the internal lives of people in the technical world. Set in a start-up company in 1984, this highly acclaimed first novel explores what happens when a baffling software flaw--a bug so teasing it is named the Jester--threatens the survival of the humans beings who created it.Author: Ellen Ullman
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 02/28/2012
Pages: 384
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d
ISBN13: 9781250002495
ISBN10: 1250002494
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | World Literature | American | 21st Century
About the Author
Ellen Ullman is an American computer programmer and author. She has written novels as well as articles for various publications, including Harper's Magazine, Wired, The New York Times, and Salon. Her essays and novels analyze the human side of the world of computer programming. Ullman earned a bachelor's degree in English at Cornell University in the early 1970s. She then turned to business programming in the following years. She eventually began writing about her experiences as a programmer in 1995 when she wrote an essay titled Out of Time: Reflections on the Programming Life. She lives in San Francisco.