![]() Hyperaware but also deeply confused about who they are, Julia and Nick reveal the way we live now in a startling new light. They are about a generation on the cusp: the story of two people enmeshed in Zooms and lockdowns, loneliness and love, devices and desires. Did you know 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 were trying on new versions of ourselves, swiping left and right, searching for a convincing answer to that question: What do you do? Jem Calders Reward System is a set of ultra-contemporary and electrifyingly fresh fictions about work, relationships, and the strange loop of technology and the self. Nick is flirting with sobriety and nobody else. ![]() Sally Rooney, author of Beautiful World, Where Are You Julia has landed a fresh start-at a pan-European restaurant. ![]() Reading these stories, I found myself thinking newly and differently about contemporary life. About the Book Originally published in 2022 by Faber and Faber Ltd, Great Britain Book Synopsis Reward System is an exhilarating and beautiful book by an extraordinarily gifted writer. ![]()
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