A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
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.
A Hologram for the King and Zeitoun, winner of the American Book Award and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, are two of Dave Eggers' best-selling novels. His work What Is the What was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist and received the Prix Medici in France.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780375725784 |
| ISBN 10 | 0375725784 |
| Title | A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius |
| Author | Dave Eggers |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2001-02-13 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Prizes | Winner of ALA Best Books for Young Adults., Short-listed for Pulitzer Prize. |
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