Book : The Candy House A Novel - Egan, Jennifer

-Titulo Original : The Candy House A Novel

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Scribner

-Descripcion Original:

One of Barack Obama’s Summer Favorites! Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Year by Time, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Good Housekeeping, Oprah Daily, Glamour, USA TODAY, Parade, Bustle, San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, Tampa Bay Times, BuzzFeed, and Vulture “A compelling read that showcases Egan’s masterful storytelling.” -Time “Dazzling.” -Vogue “Radiant, exhilarating.” -Slate “Mesmerizing…A thought-provoking examination of how and why we change.” -People From one of the most celebrated writers of our time comes an “inventive, effervescent” (Oprah Daily) novel about the memory and quest for authenticity and human connection.The Candy House 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. 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. Intellectually dazzling, The Candy House is also a moving testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love. “A beautiful exploration of loss, memory, and history” (San Francisco Chronicle), “this is minimalist maximalism. It’s as if Egan compressed a big 19th-century novel onto a flash drive” (The New York Times). Review Praise for The Candy House Because its Jennifer Egan, its a really beautifully written book. And I loved every moment of it. -Natalie Escobar, NPR “As the right to privacy continues to be under threat and assault, from our legislatures to our courts, I am looking forward to Egan’s reflections - through her story - on what that could mean for our future.” -Chelsea Clinton, Politico “The Candy does what only the best and rarest books can: peel back the thin membrane of ordinary life, and find transcendence on the other side.” -Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly “The Candy House is bursting with stories, thick with beating hearts…Egan’s writing dazzles.” -Maggie Galehouse, Houston Chronicle “May be the smartest novel you read all year… Fiction at its best ..gets at our secret selves in ways the internet can’t… Egan’s audacity is welcome.” -Mark Athitakis, USA Today “Radiant… an exhilarating delight…Egan opens windows on entrancing new worlds, in which what happened depends on who’s telling the story.” -Laura Miller, Slate “This is a beautiful exploration of loss, memory and history, a not too subtle critique of what is lost when we live our lives online.” -Allison Arieff, The San Francisco Chronicle “You dont have to read A Visit From the Goon Squad to love this sibling novel to Egans stellar hit…complex and intimate.” -Good Housekeeping “Rich in indelible characters…full of humor and heartbreak and insight about our brave new world…Egan’s subtle attention to the distinctive voices of her many characters is remarkable.” -Colette Bancroft, Tampa Bay Times “For Egan, getting it right has to do with fulfilling a reader’s craving -for mystery and imagination, as opposed to the barrage of information we find much easier to access.” -Lynn Steger Strong, Los Angeles Times “A brilliant demonstration of the unquantifiable pleasures of great fiction.” -Ron Charles, The Washington Po