{"product_id":"the-candy-house-9781476716770","title":"The Candy House","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE of the TOP 10 BOOKS OF THE YEAR by \u003ci\u003eTHE NEW YORK TIMES * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY * SLATE* THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e *\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso named one of the BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair, Time, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian, Oprah Daily, Self, Vogue, The New Yorker, \u003c\/i\u003eBBC, \u003ci\u003eVulture, \u003c\/i\u003eand many more!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOLIVIA WILDE to direct A24's TV adaptation of \u003ci\u003eTHE CANDY HOUSE \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD\u003c\/i\u003e!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \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 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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\u003cbr\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. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50574309589266,"sku":"9781476716770","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bf7d40a2-de53-4a0a-8ed2-33a64f83c2c9.jpg?v=1737303643","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-candy-house-9781476716770","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}