A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
About this book
From Wikipedia: A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (ISBN 0-330-48455-9) is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. It chronicles his stewardship of younger brother Christopher "Toph" Eggers following the cancer-related deaths of his parents.
The book was an enormous 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
Subjects
DeathBrothersFamilyBildungsromansAmerican AuthorsParentsPsychological aspectsBildungsromaneDomestic fictionBiographyLarge type booksDeath, psychological aspectsAuthors, biographyYoung menFamiliesTerminally ill parentsMedicine in LiteratureEggers, daveParents--death--psychological aspectsBrothers--biographyComing of ageParents--psychological aspectsCss faculty reading list: bret johnsonCt275.e37 a3 2001