{"product_id":"the-candy-house-library-binding","title":"The Candy House - Library Binding","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Egan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom one of the most celebrated writers of our time, a literary figure with cult status, a \"sibling novel\" to her Pulitzer Prize- and NBCC Award-winning \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e--an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity and meaning in a world where memories and identities are no longer private.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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 40, with four kids, restless, 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. It's 2010. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn spellbinding interlocking narratives, Egan spins out the consequences of Own Your Unconscious through the lives of multiple characters whose paths intersect over several decades. Intellectually dazzling, \u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e is also extraordinarily moving, a testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for real connection, love, family, privacy and redemption. In 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eGoon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e was organized like a concept album, \u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e incorporates Electronic Dance Music's more disjunctive approach. The parts are titled: Build, Break, Drop. With an emphasis on gaming, portals, and alternate worlds, its structure also suggests the experience of moving among dimensions in a role-playing game. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, brilliant imagining of a world that is moments away. Egan takes to stunning new heights her \"deeply intuitive forays into the darker aspects of our technology-driven, image-saturated culture\" (\u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e delivers an absolutely extraordinary combination of fierce, exhilarating intelligence and heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. Her website is JenniferEgan.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 549\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 8.8 x 5.79 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 27, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47252513685753,"sku":"9781432895587","price":64.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/VlhsZStBTE9CQUgydjdzZjF5YVlFdz09.webp?v=1768688776","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-candy-house-library-binding","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}