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The Candy House : A Novel by Jennifer Egan; OverDrive, Inc is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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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. “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).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. "The Candy House requires exquisite attentiveness and extensive effort from its readers. But the work and the investment pay off richly, as each strain and thread and character reverberates

Who reads The Candy House : A Novel?

Author

Jennifer Egan; OverDrive, Inc

Publisher

Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc

Published

2022

Language

EN

ISBN

9781476716770

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.1 / 5 (5,003 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14