Jem Calder

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A tender, witty, and sharp debut novel about the passions and peculiarities of modern love, by "an extraordinarily gifted writer" (Sally Rooney). Chuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He long ago abandoned his ambition of being a novelist and works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. "Lead copywriter," he corrects himself. Joey is living paycheck to paycheck on her barista wages and privately dreams of making it as a poet. They go back to Chuck's luxury flat--a world away from Joey's cramped house-share, the crumbs in her bed. Soon, Joey is imagining a future between them and Chuck is moving on from a mistake in his recent past. Amazing, how meeting a new person can make you feel so new. Funny, excruciating, and true, Jem Calder's I Want You to Be Happy is a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but still trying.

'A superb writer, by turns funny, graceful, acidly cynical, lyrical.' Guardian 'Jem Calder is my new favourite writer.' Andrew O'Hagan 'Calder's writing achieves that rare thing of capturing how it feels to be young.' Esquire Chuck and Joey meet in a bar. He's in his mid-thirties; she's twelve years younger. He's long abandoned his ambition of becoming a novelist and now works as a copywriter at a big ad agency. 'Lead copywriter,' he corrects himself. Joey lives paycheck to paycheck on her barista wages and privately dreams of making it as a poet. They go back to Chuck's luxury flat-a world away from Joey's cramped house-share, the crumbs in her bed. Soon, Joey's imagining a future between them, and Chuck's moving on from a major change in his recent past. Amazing, how meeting a new person can make you feel so new. Funny, excruciating, and true, I Want You to Be Happy is a sharp-eyed tale of two people searching for meaning and connection in modern times, missing the mark maybe, but trying.

"Reward System is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life." --Sally Rooney, author of Beautiful World, Where Are You Julia has landed a fresh start--at a "pan-European" restaurant. "Imagine that," says her mother. "I'm imagining." Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know that adults his age are now more likely to live with their parents than with a romantic partner? Life should have started to take shape by now--but instead we're trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question "What do you do?" Jem Calder's Reward System is a set of ultracontemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about work, relationships, and the strange loop of technology and the self. They are about a generation on the cusp: the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love, devices and desires. Hyperaware but also deeply confused about who they are, Julia and Nick reveal the way we live now in a startling new light.

'If you've been waiting for someone to close the gap on social distancing, to capture the furtive problems of social media, to make you laugh at your own alienation, to wrap your mind around the narcissism of small differences, then Calder is your new best friend, and his debut collection is the must-read book of the year.' Andrew O'HaganJulia has landed a fresh start as a chef at an up-and-coming city restaurant. Her ex-boyfriend, Nick, is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Life should have started to take shape by now, but instead they're trying to make new versions of themselves, searching for a good answer to the question: 'What do you do?''An exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer.' Sally Rooney 'Remarkably fresh . . . Calder's writing achieves that rare thing of capturing how it feels to be young.' Esquire

Nuoren kirjoittajalupauksen rohkeita tarinoita sukupolvesta, joka toistuvasti joutuu kysymään: mitä seuraavaksi? Julia on aloittanut puhtaalta pöydältä uudessa työssään trendikkäässä ravintolassa ja ajautuu suhteeseen pomonsa kanssa. Nick yrittää keskittyä kirjoittamaan mutta on jumissa tylsässä toimistotyössä. Iässä, jossa elämän olisi pitänyt jo asettua urilleen, kirjan hahmot yrittävät keksiä itsestään uusia versioita, swaippailla vasemmalle ja oikealle miettien, mitä oikeastaan pitäisi tehdä. Palkitsemisjärjestelmä on kokoelma hyperajankohtaisia ja raikkaita tarinoita yksinäisyydestä ja rakkaudesta, sukupolvesta käännekohdassa, Zoomin ja lockdownien verkossa." Palkitsemisjärjestelmä on riemastuttava ja kaunis kirja poikkeuksellisen lahjakkaalta kirjoittajalta. Lukiessani näitä tarinoita huomasin ajattelevani uudella ja erilaisella tavalla nykyaikaista elämää." - Sally RooneyBrittiläinen Jem Calder on uusi kirjoittajalupaus, jonka tekstejä on julkaistu aiemmin Grantassa ja kirjallisuuslehti The Stinging Flyssa. Palkitsemisjärjestelmä on hänen ensimmäinen kirjansa.

For fans of Patricia Lockwood and Ben Lerner, audacious fictions of a generation wondering: what now?** Chosen as a Guardian, White Review and NPR Book of the Year 2022 **'Reward System is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life.' SALLY ROONEY Julia has landed a fresh start - at a 'pan-European' restaurant.'Imagine that,' says her mother.'I'm imagining.'Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. Did you know: adults his age are now more likely to live with their parents than a romantic partner? Life should have started to take shape by now - but instead we're trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question: 'What do you do?'Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about a generation of the cusp; the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love.