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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.
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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius, Dave Eggers
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- Released
- 2001
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Dave Eggers
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 2001
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 484
- ISBN10
- 0375725784
- ISBN13
- 9780375725784
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, True Stories, Biographies, Humor, Family, Contemporary Fiction, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Relationships, American Literature, Psychological novels, Hope, Family relationships, Siblings, San Francisco, Loss of Loved Ones
- First published
- 2000
- Original title
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- 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.