Tuesday, August 29, 2023 - 6:30pm to 8:00pm
Join us this month to discuss Jennifer Egan's novel "The Candy House."
Kirkus review says: "Egan revisits some characters from A Visit From the Goon Squad (2010) and their children to continue her exploration of what fiction can be and do in the 21st century. As Manhattan Beach (2017) showed, Egan is perfectly capable of writing a satisfying traditional novel, but she really dazzles when she turns her formidable gifts to examining the changes to society and individuals wrought by the internet and social media... As she did in in Goon Squad’s PowerPoint chapter, Egan doles out information in small bites that accumulate to demonstrate the novel’s time-honored strengths: richly complicated characters and compelling narratives. The final chapter rolls back to 1991 to movingly affirm the limits of floods of undigested information and the ability of fiction, only fiction, to “roam with absolute freedom through the human collective.” A thrilling, endlessly stimulating work that demands to be read and reread."
We have multiple copies in the collection, including print, large print, and downloadable ebook and eaudio. If they are all checked out, be sure to place a hold (or contact the library for help with that) so that you can get a copy when it's returned.
We will meet at Big Grove Taproom, 1225 S. Gilbert St, at the large-table, self-serve seating towards the back. If it rains, though, we'll grab a table inside!
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Join us this month to discuss Jennifer Egan's novel "The Candy House."
Kirkus review says: "Egan revisits some characters from A Visit From the Goon Squad (2010) and their children to continue her exploration of what fiction can be and do in the 21st century. As Manhattan Beach (2017) showed, Egan is perfectly capable of writing a satisfying traditional novel, but she really dazzles when she turns her formidable gifts to examining the changes to society and individuals wrought by the internet and social media... As she did in in Goon Squad’s PowerPoint chapter, Egan doles out information in small bites that accumulate to demonstrate the novel’s time-honored strengths: richly complicated characters and compelling narratives. The final chapter rolls back to 1991 to movingly affirm the limits of floods of undigested information and the ability of fiction, only fiction, to “roam with absolute freedom through the human collective.” A thrilling, endlessly stimulating work that demands to be read and reread."
We have multiple copies in the collection, including print, large print, and downloadable ebook and eaudio. If they are all checked out, be sure to place a hold (or contact the library for help with that) so that you can get a copy when it's returned.
We will meet at Big Grove Taproom, 1225 S. Gilbert St, at the large-table, self-serve seating towards the back. If it rains, though, we'll grab a table inside!
If you need disability-related accommodations in order to participate in this event, please contact the Library.
This event is open to the public.
