Science fiction Literary 2022

The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

Published in Spanish as La casa de caramelo

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.”

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What it is

Full of big ideas · one to read slowly

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How it's told

Who tells it
Several voices
Its world
Our world, slightly bent
Style
Literary

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It's for you if…

  • you like a book that makes you think
  • you like a book that leaves you uneasy
  • you like a book that stays with you for days

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