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 Eyes and the Impossible,The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, and What Is the What. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company, and co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired over 70 similar organizations worldwide. Eggers is winner of the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the 2024 John Newbery Medalist, for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature for The Eyes and the Impossible. Eggers is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
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 Eyes and the Impossible,The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, Heroes of the Frontier, A Hologram for the King, and What Is the What. He is the founder of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing company, and co-founder of 826 Valencia, a youth writing center that has inspired over 70 similar organizations worldwide. Eggers is winner of the American Book Award, the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Award for Education, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the TED Prize, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the 2024 John Newbery Medalist, for the most distinguished contribution to children's literature for The Eyes and the Impossible. Eggers is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
