{"product_id":"the-candy-house","title":"The Candy House","description":"\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Candy House\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e is also a moving testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, family, privacy, and love.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"A beautiful exploration of loss, memory, and history\" ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e), \"this is minimalist maximalism. It's as if Egan compressed a big 19th-century novel onto a flash drive\" ( \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New York Times).\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Egan, Jennifer\u003cbr\u003eFormat: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e352 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003ePublication Date: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eApril 05, 2022\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thryft","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44233089319193,"sku":"PS3555.G292","price":30.29,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0110\/0598\/4849\/products\/photo_2022-12-12_17-21-13.jpg?v=1717738406","url":"https:\/\/thryft.sbs\/products\/the-candy-house","provider":"Thryft","version":"1.0","type":"link"}