Personae: A Novel

"Personae is not an easy read . . . But as a meditation on literature, it is playful, ambitious, and full of imagination, a 21st-century novel-of-some-kind." —Daily Beast

Sergio De La Pava's A Naked Singularity was one of the most highly praised debut novels in decades. The Wall Street Journal called it "a propulsive, mind-bending experience," and named it one of the ten best books of the year.

This book is nothing like that one. Just look at it: A Naked Singularity was a brick of a book,...