Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Dave Eggers displays his emotional range in this quiet tour-de-force from How We Are Hungry, the often funny and masterful collection of short fiction.
After giving up responsibility, in her usual passive way, of much that has been of importance in her life—her adopted children, a condo, financial security—Rita pays for a guided hike to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
An ebook Short.
Praise for Dave Eggers and How We Are Hungry:
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year "Dave Eggers is a prince among men. . . . A strike against the current state of global economic injustice." —Vanity Fair
"A tour de force. . . . [Eggers'] prose is supple, transparent and surprising." —The New York Times Book Review
"Haunting character-driven narratives….Eggers is a master." —Entertainment Weekly
"One of the many pleasures in reading How We Are Hungry…is that it reminds you of his abilities as a writer. He can dazzle…he can move effortlessly between classic storytelling and the more experimental." —Salon
DAVE EGGERS is the author of many books, among them The Circle—the companion to the book you are holding—and also The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain. He is the cofounder of 826 National, a network of youth writing centers, and Voice of Witness, an oral history book series that illuminates the stories of those impacted by human rights crises. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the American Book Award. He has attended the JetPack Aviation academy in Moorpark, California, but is not yet certified to fly off-tether. Born in Boston and raised in Illinois, he has now lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for three decades. He and his family often consider leaving, but they do not leave.
Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Dave Eggers displays his emotional range in this quiet tour-de-force from How We Are Hungry, the often funny and masterful collection of short fiction.
After giving up responsibility, in her usual passive way, of much that has been of importance in her life—her adopted children, a condo, financial security—Rita pays for a guided hike to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
An ebook Short.
Reviews
Praise for Dave Eggers and How We Are Hungry:
A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year "Dave Eggers is a prince among men. . . . A strike against the current state of global economic injustice." —Vanity Fair
"A tour de force. . . . [Eggers'] prose is supple, transparent and surprising." —The New York Times Book Review
"Haunting character-driven narratives….Eggers is a master." —Entertainment Weekly
"One of the many pleasures in reading How We Are Hungry…is that it reminds you of his abilities as a writer. He can dazzle…he can move effortlessly between classic storytelling and the more experimental." —Salon
DAVE EGGERS is the author of many books, among them The Circle—the companion to the book you are holding—and also The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain. He is the cofounder of 826 National, a network of youth writing centers, and Voice of Witness, an oral history book series that illuminates the stories of those impacted by human rights crises. He has been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and is the recipient of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the American Book Award. He has attended the JetPack Aviation academy in Moorpark, California, but is not yet certified to fly off-tether. Born in Boston and raised in Illinois, he has now lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for three decades. He and his family often consider leaving, but they do not leave.
