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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius / by Dave Eggers.
A 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. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply hearfelt story of the love that holds a family together.
Record details
- ISBN: 0375725784
- ISBN: 9780375725784
- ISBN: 9781435236691
- ISBN: 1435236696
- Physical Description: xlv, 437 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Vintage books edition.
- Publisher: New York : Vintage Books, 2001.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "First Vintage Books Edition: February 2001"--Title page verso. "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Simon & Schuster, New York, 2000"--Title page verso. This edition does not contain additional work, with added title page: Mistakes we knew we were making, addendum bound upside down. "Pulitzer Prize Finalist"--Cover. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Rules and Suggestions for Enjoyment of This Book -- Preface to This Edition -- Acknowledgments -- Incomplete guide to symbols and metaphors -- Through the small tall bathroom window, etc. -- Please look, can you see us, etc. -- Enemies list, etc. -- Oh I could be going out, sure -- Outside its blue-black-getting darker, etc. -- When we hear the news at First -- Fuck it. Stupid show, etc. -- We can't do anything about the excrement -- Robert Urich says no. We were so close -- Of course it's cold -- Black Sands Beach is. |
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| Subject: | Eggers, Dave. Eggers, Dave. Parents > Death > Psychological aspects. Brothers > Biography. Coming of age. Parents. Siblings. Brothers. Parents > Death > Psychological aspects. |
| Genre: | Biography. Miscellaneous fiction. Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homer Public Library | B EGGERS (Text) | 000149179 | Biography | Available | - |
Summary:
A 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. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply hearfelt story of the love that holds a family together.