A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2007
Summary
‘Heartbreaking? Certainly. Staggering? Yes, I’d say so. And if genius is capturing the universal in a fresh and memorable way, call it that too’ - Anthony Quinn, Sunday Times
‘Is this how all orphans would speak - “I am at once pitiful and monstrous, I know” - if they had Dave Eggers’s prodigious linguistic gifts? For he does write wonderfully, and this is an extremely impressive debut’ - John Banville, Irish Times
‘A virtuosic piece of writing, a big, daring, manic-depressive…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780330456715 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0330456717 |
| Author: | Dave Eggers |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Picador |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2007 |
| Weight: | 324g |
| Dimensions: | 31mm x 130mm x 199mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
” This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book.”
“This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book.”
Dave Eggers
Dave Eggers is the founder of McSweeney’s, a quarterly journal and website, and his books include You Shall Know Our Velocity, How We Are Hungry, Short Short Stories, and What is the What. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and Ocean Navigator. He is the recipient of the Addison Metcalf Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and was a 2001 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Northern California.
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