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 …
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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.
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Ein herzzerreißendes Werk von umwerfender Genialität
Paperback
Published Oct. 1, 2005 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH.
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Ein herzzerreißendes Werk von umwerfender Genialität
Paperback
Published Oct. 1, 2005 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH.
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
English language
Published June 14, 2001
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A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius
Paperback, 484 pages
Published Feb. 6, 2001 by Vintage Books.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
437 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2001 by Vintage Books.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
543 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2000 by Wheeler Pub..
Une oeuvre déchirante d'un génie renversant
French language
Published 2001
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A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
375 pages
English language
Published March 26, 2000 by Simon & Schuster.
A heartbreaking work of staggering genius
437 pages
English language
Published Jan. 6, 2001 by Vintage Canada.
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