EAN: 9781472150943

THE CANDY HOUSE - JENNIFER EGAN KARTONIERT (TB)

PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD   A Time Magazine Must-Read   'A
complex  compelling read that showcases Egan's masterful storytelling' TIME 'A dazzling feat of
literary construction' VOGUE    From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time
comes an electrifying  deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity  privacy  and
meaning in a world where our memories are no longer our own--featuring characters from A Visit
from the Goon Squad .   It's 2010. Staggeringly successful and brilliant tech entrepreneur Bix
Bouton is desperate for a new idea. He's forty  with four kids  and restless when he stumbles
into a conversation with mostly Columbia professors  one of whom is experimenting with
downloading or "externalising" memory. Within a decade  Bix's new technology  Own Your
Unconscious--that allows you access to every memory you've ever had  and to share every memory
in exchange for access to the memories of others--has seduced multitudes. But not everyone.  In
spellbinding linked narratives  Egan spins out the consequences of Own Your Unconscious through
the lives of multiple characters whose paths intersect over several decades. Intellectually
dazzling and extraordinarily moving  The Candy House is a bold  brilliant imagining of a world
that is moments away. With a focus on social media  gaming  and alternate worlds  you can
almost experience moving among dimensions in a role-playing game. Egan takes her "deeply
intuitive forays into the darker aspects of our technology-driven  image-saturated culture" (
Vogue ) to stunning new heights and delivers a fierce and exhilarating testament to the
tenacity and transcendence of human longing for real connection  love  family  privacy and
redemption.

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