Author | Dave Eggers |
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Cover artist | Komar and Melamid |
Language | English |
Genre | Memoir |
Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
Publication date | 2000 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (paperback) |
Pages | 375 |
ISBN | 0-684-86347-2 |
OCLC | 42667954 |
LC Class | CT275.E37 A3 2000 |
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers. Published in 2000, it chronicles his stewardship of his younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents.
The book was a 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.[1]
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