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Dystopian vision of unchecked technological utopia.

"The Circle" might resonate with you if the blend of modern technology with corporate culture intrigues you. Imagine a world where your every online move is linked, your privacy is a currency, and transparency is the mandate. It's both a thrilling and cautionary tale that nudges you to think about where we're headed with our tech-obsessed lives. Dave Eggers crafts a narrative that is all at once suspenseful, critical, and uncomfortably familiar to the digital native.

  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2015)
  • Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuurprijs Nominee (2014)
  • Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2015)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014)
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ISBN: 9780385351393
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $39.09
Authors: Dave Eggers
Date of Publication: 2013-12-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.43
(rated by 216364 readers)

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When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world's most powerful internet company, she feels she's been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company's modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can't believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world--even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman's ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.
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Dystopian vision of unchecked technological utopia.

"The Circle" might resonate with you if the blend of modern technology with corporate culture intrigues you. Imagine a world where your every online move is linked, your privacy is a currency, and transparency is the mandate. It's both a thrilling and cautionary tale that nudges you to think about where we're headed with our tech-obsessed lives. Dave Eggers crafts a narrative that is all at once suspenseful, critical, and uncomfortably familiar to the digital native.

  • John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee (2014)
  • Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis Nominee for Preis der Jugendjury (2015)
  • Dioraphte Jongerenliteratuurprijs Nominee (2014)
  • Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fictional Work (2015)
  • Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.