Dave Eggers - A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Pulitzer Prize Finali.
Dave Eggers, Dion Graham
ISBN 10: 0375725784 ISBN 13: 9780375725784
Published by Vintage, 2001
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Dave Eggers' groundbreaking memoir and Pulitzer Prize finalist that launched him into the literary stratosphere. This 2001 Vintage Books edition captures the devastating and hilarious true story of losing both parents to cancer while becoming guardian to his young brother. A brilliant meditation on family, identity, and survival that redefines both memoir and narrative.Condition: Used. This is a liquidation item and may have minor imperfections. Please inquire about specific condition details. All sales final - no returns. Seller Inventory # BU260325G001-L004-177
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST - A "A beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book" (San Francisco Chronicle) that redefines both family and narrative. - From the bestselling author of The Circle.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. This exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together.
About the Author: DAVE EGGERS is the author of many books, among them The Circle, The Eyes and the Impossible, The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain. He is the cofounder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing and tutoring center which has inspired dozens of similar nonprofit organizations around the world, and the founder of McSweeney's, an independent publisher. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, and the American Book Award.
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Title: Dave Eggers - A Heartbreaking Work of ...
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
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