Daniel Aukin

After a beloved grandfather dies in New York—leaving a treasured piece of religious jewelry that he succeeded in hiding even from the Nazis during the Holocaust—cousins fight over not only the family heirloom, but their religious faith, cultural assimilation, and even the validity of each other's romances.

Petra Going is a migrant cyborg, an agent of the Global Nomad Project: an international “Experience Data Agency” which sends hundreds of “receivers” like her to wander the globe and record a succession of random encounters. Periodically, they return to agency headquarters where they deposit their accumulated memories into an archive. This archive is available to users who then vicariously and virtually inhabit the ready-made landscapes of touristic consciousness. The motto of the GNP: “Nostalgia For Rent.”