The Circle
The Circle by Dave Eggers is a first edition novel published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group on April 22, 2014. This 512-page work explores the themes of surveillance, privacy, and the pervasive influence of technology in contemporary life. The story follows Mae Holland, who lands a job at the Circle, a powerful internet company that merges users’ personal information into a single online identity, creating a new paradigm of transparency and connectivity.
Readers will find a narrative that begins with Mae’s excitement about her new role, set against the backdrop of the Circle’s vibrant campus filled with modern amenities and social activities. As Mae becomes more immersed in the company’s culture, the story evolves into a suspenseful examination of ambition and idealism, prompting reflections on memory, history, and the implications of a digitally interconnected world. This edition presents a thought-provoking look at the balance between technological advancement and personal privacy.
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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives—a “compulsively readable parable for the 21st century” (Vanity Fair).
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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