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The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2010 - Introduction by David Sedaris

English · Paperback / Softback

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An eclectic volume introduced by David Sedaris and compiled by Dave Eggers and students of his San Francisco writing center, who don't leave a stone unturned in their search for nonrequired gems. Cover art by art by Maurice Sendak.

About the author

Dave Eggers, geboren 1971, wuchs in der Nähe von Chicago auf und besuchte die Universität von Illinois. Er gründete 1998 einen Verlag, in dem er seine Bücher veröffentlicht, ein vierteljährliches Literaturmagazin und eine Monatszeitschrift. 2012 wurde Dave Eggers mit dem "Albatros", dem Preis der "Grass-Stiftung.§Eggers ist Gründer und Herausgeber von McSweeney's, einem unabhängigen Verlag mit Sitz in San Francisco. 2002 rief er ein gemeinnütziges Schreib- und Förderzentrum für Jugendliche ins Leben, "826 Valencia", das heute Ableger in mehreren amerikanischen Städten hat. Eggers stammt aus Chicago und lebt mit seiner Frau und seinen zwei Kindern in Nordkalifornien.

Report

"Check out the very best of this year's fiction, nonfiction, alernative comics, screenplays, blogs and more with this great volume."-- OK Weekly

"A collection that's both uproarious and illuminating. In the introduction, comic strip artist and The Simpsons creator Groening provides a list of books that "will keep you up late at night when you're supposed to be sleeping or making love." This is one such book.-- Publisher's Weekly , starred

"[The collection's] best pieces are funny and wrenching, able to haunt you days later"-- The Plain Dealer

Product details

Assisted by Dave Eggers (Editor)
Publisher Mariner Books
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 07.12.2010
 
EAN 9780547241630
ISBN 978-0-547-24163-0
No. of pages 512
Weight 514 g
Series The Best American Series
The Best American Series
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature

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