{"product_id":"the-candy-house-9781476716763","title":"The Candy House","description":"\u003cb\u003e* Named a Top Ten Best Book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review, The Philadelphia Inquirer, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSlate * \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNamed the Best Book of 2022 by \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily, Time, Harper's Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, Esquire, Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003eand many more! *\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A compelling read that showcases Egan's masterful storytelling.\" --\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Dazzling.\" --\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Radiant, exhilarating.\" --\u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Mesmerizing...A thought-provoking examination of how and why we change.\" --\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most celebrated writers of our time comes an \"inventive, effervescent\" (\u003ci\u003eOprah Daily\u003c\/i\u003e) novel about the memory and quest for authenticity and human connection.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, whose company, Mandala, is so successful that he is \"one of those tech demi-gods with whom we're all on a first-name basis.\" Bix is forty, with four kids, restless, and desperate for a new idea, when he stumbles into a conversation group, mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or \"externalizing\" memory. Within a decade, Bix's new technology, \"Own Your Unconscious\"--which allows you access to every memory you've ever had, and to share your memories in exchange for access to the memories of others--has seduced multitudes.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\nIn the world of Egan's spectacular imagination, there are \"counters\" who track and exploit desires and there are \"eluders,\" those who understand the price of taking a bite of the Candy House. Egan introduces these characters in an astonishing array of narrative styles--from omniscient to first person plural to a duet of voices, an epistolary chapter, and a chapter of tweets. Intellectually dazzling, \u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e is also a moving testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love.\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\"A beautiful exploration of loss, memory, and history\" (\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e), \"this is minimalist maximalism. It's as if Egan compressed a big 19th-century novel onto a flash drive\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jennifer Egan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.29h x 6.31w x 1.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476716763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2022 pg. 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2022 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJennifer Egan is the author of six previous books of fiction: \u003ci\u003eManhattan Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; \u003ci\u003eThe Keep\u003c\/i\u003e; the story collection \u003ci\u003eEmerald City\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLook at Me\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award Finalist; and \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible Circus\u003c\/i\u003e. 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