![]() ![]() She’s at her best when she puts two characters face to face for a conversation, as her dialogues sparkle in ways that can be described not just funny but also outlandish. Maybe that’s what Egan is doing in this novel. ![]() And, similarly, our aspirations pirouette around different points at different periods. Nevertheless, they give you a glimpse of the complicated twists that occur in––and around––us.įor better or worse, our ideas about ourselves keep changing. ![]() All these little parts do not, by any degree, add to the strange curve that Egan draws. You get a man who turns into a figure of inspiration after his attempt at killing himself by jumping out of a hot air balloon fails, and a kleptomaniac who begins to return the things that she has stolen to the folks they belong to. The Candy House features more than a dozen characters whose intersecting routines make for interesting discussions over coffees and scones. And just like that, some get married and some die. And in her hand, you have to remember that several decades pass in the breadth of a single sentence. But this seemingly sci-fi angle takes a backseat for a large part because Egan is interested mainly in digging into the lives of her characters. If Egan’s 2010 novel is set in the world of music, her follow-up story traces the rise of technology to an extent where exchanging consciousness becomes the norm of the day. ![]()
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