Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Memoir Based on a True Story
by Dave Eggers
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From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents.
The book was an enormous commercial and critical success, reaching number one on The New York Times bestseller list and being nominated as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. Time magazine and several newspapers dubbed it "The Best Book of the Year". Critics praised the book for its wild, vibrant prose, and it was described as "big, daring [and] manic-depressive" by The New York Times. The book was chosen as the 12th best book of the decade by The Times
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Death, Brothers, Family, Bildungsromans, American Authors, Parents, Psychological aspects, Bildungsromane, Domestic fiction, Biography, Large type books, Death, psychological aspects, Authors, biography, Young men, Families, Terminally ill parents, Medicine in Literature, Eggers, dave, Parents--death--psychological aspects, Brothers--biography, Coming of age, Parents--psychological aspects, Css faculty reading list: bret johnson, Ct275.e37 a3 2001, 973.92/092, B, 18.06, Hu 9800People
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Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius: A Memoir Based on a True Story
2013, Simon & Schuster
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Душераздирающее творение ошеломляющего гения: основано на реальных событиях
2007, ĖKSMO
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A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius
February 2001, Vintage Books
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Feb 23, 2001, Pan MacMillan, Brand: Picador
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Feb 23, 2001, Pan MacMillan, Brand: Picador, Picador
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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
2000, Simon & Schuster
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0684863472 9780684863474
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| October 30, 2023 | Edited by bitnapper | Merge works (MRID: 91621) |
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