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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: Based on a True Story
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Dave Eggers
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf Inc
Publication date
February 1, 2001
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780375725906
ISBN-10
0375725903
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$7.99
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Summary
The author chronicles his life after the deaths of his parents, when he was responsible for the care and upbringing of his eight-year-old brother.
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "I think this book is kind of malleable. I've never really wanted to put it away and be done with it forever -- the second I first 'finished' it, I wanted to dig back in and change everything around. So I'm looking forward to getting back into the text, and straightening and focusing and deleting. Most of all, I'm thrilled that Vintage will be letting me include all the cool chase scenes, previously censored." -- Dave Eggers
The literary sensation of the year, a book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. 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 seven-year-old brother. Here is an 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.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read in paperback for decades to come.
PAPERBACK EDITION -- 15% MORE STAGGERING - Eggers has written 15,000 additional words for the Vintage Canada edition, including an entirely new appendix.
The literary sensation of the year, a book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. 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 seven-year-old brother. Here is an 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.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read in paperback for decades to come.
PAPERBACK EDITION -- 15% MORE STAGGERING - Eggers has written 15,000 additional words for the Vintage Canada edition, including an entirely new appendix.
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from Alfred a Knopf Inc (February 1, 2001)
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About: The author chronicles his life after the deaths of his parents, when he was responsible for the care and upbringing of his eight-year-old brother.
About: The author chronicles his life after the deaths of his parents, when he was responsible for the care and upbringing of his eight-year-old brother.
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