The candy house : a novel
- Author/Creator:
- Egan, Jennifer, author
- Publication/Creation:
- New York : Scribner, 2022
- Format:
- Book
- Edition:
- First Scribner hardcover edition.
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Additional/Related Title Information
- Full Title:
- The candy house : a novel / Jennifer Egan
- Related/Included Titles:
- Visit from the Goon Squad.
Goon squad.
Related Names
- Additional Author/Creators:
- Egan, Jennifer. Visit from the Goon Squad
Egan, Jennifer. Goon squad
Subjects/Genre
- Genre:
- Science fiction
Psychological fiction - Subjects:
- Memory--Fiction
Social media--Fiction
Technology--Fiction
Consciousness--Fiction
Social media
Description/Summary
- Summary:
- "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 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. Egan spins out the consequences of Own Your Unconscious through the lives of multiple characters whose paths intersect over several decades...The Candy House is also a testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for real connection, love, family, privacy, and redemption."--Dust jacket flap.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Type/Description:
- 334 pages ; 24 cm.
Additional Identifiers
- Catalog ID (MMSID):
- 9937449933902486
- ISBN:
- 9781476716763
1476716765
9781476716770
1476716773 - OCLC Number:
- 1259046378
- Barcode:
- 050000092872
010003516682
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