A heartbreaking work of staggering genius

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543 pages

English language

Published Jan. 6, 2000 by Wheeler Pub..

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released 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.

11 editions

Subjects

  • Eggers, Dave
  • Parents -- Death -- Psychological aspects
  • Brothers -- Biography
  • Large type books