Candy House / Original Title: the CANDY HOUSE

[Machine Translation] Bix Boughton, a well-known IT businessman and genius, is suffering from a secret problem. His company was doing well and his family was in good hands. However, around the age of 40, he found that he was having trouble coming up with new ideas. Then, on a whim, he attended an academic meeting and learned about research on the externalization of consciousness. Six years later, Bix launched a memory-sharing service that would have ripple effects around the world. Against a backdrop of groundbreaking technological innovations, Bix's Pulitzer Prize and National Critics Circle Award-winning novel, "The Rogue's Coming," depicts the poignant moments of various lives in a vivid, multifaceted style. This is a sister story to the Pulitzer Prize and National Critics Circle award-winning "The Raccoons Are Coming".

天才IT実業家として名を馳せるビックス・ボウトンは、人知れず悩んでいた。会社は順調、家庭にも問題はない。しかし40歳を迎えたころから、新しいアイデアが出てこなくなったのだ。そんなとき、気まぐれで参加した学術的な集まりで、彼は意識の外在化に関する研究を知る。その6年後にビックスが立ち上げた記憶共有サービスは、世界に波紋を広げていく。無数の記憶を単なるデータと見なす者、反発する者もいれば、今は亡き人々の思い出と折り合いをつけるために使う人もいて―画期的な技術革新を背景に、さまざまな人生の切実な一瞬を千変万化の鮮やかな文体で描き上げる、ピュリッツァー賞・全米批評家協会賞受賞作『ならずものがやってくる』姉妹篇。