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Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. He is best known for his 2000 memoir, A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius , which became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction .
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by American author Dave Eggers.Published in 2000, the book chronicles Eggers' experiences following the sudden death of both his parents and his subsequent responsibility for raising his younger brother, Christopher "Toph" Eggers.
You Shall Know Our Velocity! is a 2002 novel by Dave Eggers. It was Eggers's debut novel, following the success of his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000). The plot follows Will and Hand, two childhood friends who set out on a week-long around-the-world odyssey, ostensibly to give away a large sum of money.
[4] Kirkus Reviews said that "Eggers turns this novel's contrivances into an asset, though overall it feels more like a series of philosophy-symposium prompts than a full-fledged story." [ 5 ] The Wall Street Journal commented that "Mr. Eggers creates no plausible characters or dramatic tension". [ 6 ]
Dave Eggers is now an award-winning children’s author. Eggers’ “The Eyes & the Impossible,” the great adventure of a very fast dog, has received the John Newbery Medal for the year’s ...
In ‘To Be Destroyed,’ premiering Aug. 11 on MSNBC, Eggers visits Rapid City, where five books, including his own, were banned from high school classrooms
The Every is a 2021 dystopian novel written by American author Dave Eggers. [1] [2] The novel is a sequel to Eggers's 2013 novel The Circle.It tells the story of a woman named Delaney Wells who joins The Every, a company formed by a merger between The Circle and an e-commerce giant known as "the jungle" (a thinly-disguised version of Amazon).
The Circle is a 2013 dystopian novel written by American author Dave Eggers. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The novel chronicles tech worker Mae Holland as she joins a powerful Internet company. Her initially rewarding experience turns darker.