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糖果屋 opens with the staggeringly brilliant Bix Bouton, 他的公司, 曼荼罗, is so successful that he is “one of those tech demi-gods with whom we’re all on a first name basis.“比克斯四十岁了, 带着四个孩子, 不安分的, 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. 十年之内, 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.

In 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, 糖果屋 is also a moving testament to the tenacity and transcendence of human longing for connection, 家庭, 隐私, 和爱.