- Paperback: 64 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (6 May 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0141023082
- ISBN-13: 978-0141023083
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.6 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 283,693 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Dave Eggers has been partly responsible for a rejuvenation of short fiction in the USA, and these short short stories are as original and witty as any of his longer works.
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Dave Eggers is the author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, You Shall Know Our Velocity and How We Are Hungry. He is the editor of McSweeney's, the odd and popular literary quarterly, and the founder of 826 Valencia, a non-profit educational centre/pirate supply store in San Francisco.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Beautiful, poignant and very funny. That's all you need to know.
(also, think about the £2.75 postage on a book costing £1.50. If you're buying it here, make sure you're spending another £17.50, otherwise get it from your local bookshop)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If this makes Eggers' new collection sound like a soft-drink, then so be it - at a couple of pages a piece, they don't take much longer to gulp down and the effect is immediately invigorating: at first, you'll be amazed someone has the gall to call some of these stories, then marvel at how unshackled they make the world seem - leaving you free to follow the merry dance they lead.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Not the same as "How the Water Feels to the Fishes."
12 Aug 2010
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This is a great little book. I lucked out and got it for ten bucks on here not long ago, and that's about what it's worth. It's a great read, but probably nothing you can't live without if you're not as obsessed with Eggers as I am. If you are, then wait and get this when you can find it cheaper. It's not the same book as "How the Water Feels to the Fishes" like a previous review stated. It shares only two stories with that collection (though they have slightly different titles), one of which has a slightly different ending.
This collection is mostly humorous, and quite a bit of it is meta-fiction. If you like that sort of thing, or are a fan of Eggers at all, get this book when you can find it for a reasonable price.
This collection is mostly humorous, and quite a bit of it is meta-fiction. If you like that sort of thing, or are a fan of Eggers at all, get this book when you can find it for a reasonable price.
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