Silently and Very Fast (2011)

Elefsis shares dreams with Neva and has a history entangled with generations of her family. Valente approaches this machine's developing identity through myth, symbols and intimate storytelling rather than a transparent explanation of its workings. The result is a strange, lyrical novella in which closeness does not remove the difficulty of understanding another mind. Choose it when a dreamlike, sometimes elusive perspective sounds more appealing than a clearly diagrammed future.