#thecandyhouse

[f0restpunk]

"The networked society, with its information overload and constant connectivity, is changing what it means to be human. The proliferation of cameras makes everything performative, putting us continually on display while making us cripplingly self-conscious. The constant curated drip-feed of our community’s highlight reel leaves us feeling inadequate and dissatisfied with the regular, humdrum details of our daily lives. Exposure to massive networks of near-strangers leaves us feeling insecure, unsteady, vaguely defensive and often outright aggressive. The Candy House, the spiritual successor and loose sequel to Jennifer Egan’s rock ‘n roll novel A Visit from the Goon Squad – winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the National Book Critics Award – is a funhouse mirror distortion of our current world told from a vaguely dystopian near-future that is all too recognizable while still being entertainingly far-out and imaginative." Happy book release day to @jennifereganwriter, whose wonderful The Candy House (@scribnerbooks) came out today in paperback. Its one of my favourite books of the past few years. My review is up now on Spectrum Culture. Click the Link In Bio to read the full review! . . . . . #JenniferEgan #TheCandyHouse #books #bookstagram #bookreview #newbooks #releaseday #bookreleases #bookreleaseday #avisitfromthegoonsquad #literature #modernliterature #modernlit #pulitzerprize #nationalbookcriticsaward #2022books #bestof2022 #bestbooksof2022 #2022bestbooks #virtualreality #networksociety #networkedsociety #memories #nostalgia #authenticity #socialmedia #socialmedianovels #memoradelia #jsimpson #spectrumculture  https://www.instagram.com/p/CpgtdNSOgMz/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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