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.
DAVE EGGERS is the author of The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain, among other books. He is the cofounder of 826 National, a network of youth writing centers, and Art + Water, a nonprofit visual art hub on San Francisco’s waterfront. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Eggers 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. In 2024, The Eyes and the Impossible was awarded the Newbery Medal.
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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
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.
DAVE EGGERS is the author of The Circle, The Monk of Mokha, A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Museum of Rain, among other books. He is the cofounder of 826 National, a network of youth writing centers, and Art + Water, a nonprofit visual art hub on San Francisco’s waterfront. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Eggers 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. In 2024, The Eyes and the Impossible was awarded the Newbery Medal.
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Praise
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
