The Circle

The Circle

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作者: Dave Eggers 著

出版社: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

出版时间: 2014-04

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780804172295

定价: 59.80

装帧: 平装

开本: 其他

纸张: 其他

页数: 512页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Vintage

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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TheCircleistheexhilaratingnewnovelfromDaveEggers,best-sellingauthorofAHologramfortheKing,afinalistfortheNationalBookAward.

WhenMaeHollandishiredtoworkfortheCircle,theworld’smostpowerfulinternetcompany,shefeelsshe’sbeengiventheopportunityofalifetime.TheCircle,runoutofasprawlingCaliforniacampus,linksusers’personalemails,socialmedia,banking,andpurchasingwiththeiruniversaloperatingsystem,resultinginoneonlineidentityandanewageofcivilityandtransparency.AsMaetourstheopen-planofficespaces,thetoweringglassdiningfacilities,thecozydormsforthosewhospendnightsatwork,sheisthrilledwiththecompany’smodernityandactivity.Therearepartiesthatlastthroughthenight,therearefamousmusiciansplayingonthelawn,thereareathleticactivitiesandclubsandbrunches,andevenanaquariumofrarefishretrievedfromtheMarianasTrenchbytheCEO.Maecan’tbelieveherluck,hergreatfortunetoworkforthemostinfluentialcompanyintheworld—evenaslifebeyondthecampusgrowsdistant,evenasastrangeencounterwithacolleagueleaveshershaken,evenasherroleattheCirclebecomesincreasinglypublic.Whatbeginsasthecaptivatingstoryofonewoman’sambitionandidealismsoonbecomesaheart-racingnovelofsuspense,raisingquestionsaboutmemory,history,privacy,democracy,andthelimitsofhumanknowledge. DaveEggersgrewupnearChicagoandgraduatedfromtheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.HeisthefounderofMcSweeney’s,anindependentpublishinghouseinSanFranciscothatproducesbooks,aquarterlyjournalofnewwriting(McSweeney’sQuarterlyConcern),andamonthlymagazine,TheBeliever.McSweeney’spublishesVoiceofWitness,anonprofitbookseriesthatusesoralhistorytoilluminatehumanrightscrisesaroundtheworld.In2002,hecofounded826Valencia,anonprofityouthwritingandtutoringcenterinSanFrancisco’sMissionDistrict.SistercentershavesinceopenedinsevenotherAmericancitiesundertheumbrellaof826National,andlike-mindedcentershaveopenedinDublin,London,Copenhagen,Stockholm,andBirmingham,Alabama,amongotherlocations.HisworkhasbeennominatedfortheNationalBookAward,thePulitzerPrize,andtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward,andhaswontheDaytonLiteraryPeacePrize,France’sPrixMédicis,Germany’sAlbatrossPrize,theNationalMagazineAward,andtheAmericanBookAward.EggerslivesinNorthernCaliforniawithhisfamily.,
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TheCircleistheexhilaratingnewnovelfromDaveEggers,best-sellingauthorofAHologramfortheKing,afinalistfortheNationalBookAward.

WhenMaeHollandishiredtoworkfortheCircle,theworld’smostpowerfulinternetcompany,shefeelsshe’sbeengiventheopportunityofalifetime.TheCircle,runoutofasprawlingCaliforniacampus,linksusers’personalemails,socialmedia,banking,andpurchasingwiththeiruniversaloperatingsystem,resultinginoneonlineidentityandanewageofcivilityandtransparency.AsMaetourstheopen-planofficespaces,thetoweringglassdiningfacilities,thecozydormsforthosewhospendnightsatwork,sheisthrilledwiththecompany’smodernityandactivity.Therearepartiesthatlastthroughthenight,therearefamousmusiciansplayingonthelawn,thereareathleticactivitiesandclubsandbrunches,andevenanaquariumofrarefishretrievedfromtheMarianasTrenchbytheCEO.Maecan’tbelieveherluck,hergreatfortunetoworkforthemostinfluentialcompanyintheworld—evenaslifebeyondthecampusgrowsdistant,evenasastrangeencounterwithacolleagueleaveshershaken,evenasherroleattheCirclebecomesincreasinglypublic.Whatbeginsasthecaptivatingstoryofonewoman’sambitionandidealismsoonbecomesaheart-racingnovelofsuspense,raisingquestionsaboutmemory,history,privacy,democracy,andthelimitsofhumanknowledge.
作者简介:
DaveEggersgrewupnearChicagoandgraduatedfromtheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.HeisthefounderofMcSweeney’s,anindependentpublishinghouseinSanFranciscothatproducesbooks,aquarterlyjournalofnewwriting(McSweeney’sQuarterlyConcern),andamonthlymagazine,TheBeliever.McSweeney’spublishesVoiceofWitness,anonprofitbookseriesthatusesoralhistorytoilluminatehumanrightscrisesaroundtheworld.In2002,hecofounded826Valencia,anonprofityouthwritingandtutoringcenterinSanFrancisco’sMissionDistrict.SistercentershavesinceopenedinsevenotherAmericancitiesundertheumbrellaof826National,andlike-mindedcentershaveopenedinDublin,London,Copenhagen,Stockholm,andBirmingham,Alabama,amongotherlocations.HisworkhasbeennominatedfortheNationalBookAward,thePulitzerPrize,andtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward,andhaswontheDaytonLiteraryPeacePrize,France’sPrixMédicis,Germany’sAlbatrossPrize,theNationalMagazineAward,andtheAmericanBookAward.EggerslivesinNorthernCaliforniawithhisfamily.,

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