A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Dave Eggers$16.15
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"This is a beautifully ragged, laugh-out-loud funny and utterly unforgettable book." --San Francisco Chronicle National Bestseller
Pulitzer Prize Finalist A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. 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. Here is an 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 Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/13/2001
ISBN: 9780375725784
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Award: Guardian First Book Award - Nominee
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 03/02/2001 pg. 63
New York Times 03/04/2001 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 02/19/2008 pg. 98
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 98
Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 66
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 74907 / Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 21
Pulitzer Prize Finalist A book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century. 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. Here is an 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 Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is an instant classic that will be read for decades to come.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 02/13/2001
ISBN: 9780375725784
Pages: 496
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 1.00d
Award: Guardian First Book Award - Nominee
Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly 03/02/2001 pg. 63
New York Times 03/04/2001 pg. 32
Entertainment Weekly 02/19/2008 pg. 98
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2008 pg. 98
Newsweek 07/13/2009 pg. 66
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 74907 / Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
Reading Level: 6.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 21