The Candy House av Jennifer Egan

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<p><b>PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF <i>A VISIT FROM THE GOON SQUAD </i></b><br><br><b><br>From one of the most dazzling and iconic writers of our time comes an electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity, privacy, and meaning in a world where our memories are no longer our own--featuring characters from <i>A Visit from the Goon Squad</i>.</b><br><br>It''s 2010. Staggeringly successful and brilliant tech entrepreneur Bix Bouton is desperate for a new idea. He''s forty, with four kids, and restless when he stumbles into a conversation with mostly Columbia professors, one of whom is experimenting with downloading or "externalising" memory. 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.<br><br>In spellbinding linked narratives, Egan spins out the consequences of Own Your Uncons