Dave Eggers: 40 books

Ein literarischer Messerwurf ins Herz unserer Zeit – ein Mann, den die Globalisierung an den Abgrund drängt Dave Eggers ist einer der interessantesten, engagiertesten und wagemutigsten Schriftsteller der Gegenwart. Das darf, das muss man so sagen. Sein neuer Roman erzählt die anrührende, absurde...

Eine Mutter auf der Flucht – ein Roadtrip ans Ende der Zivilisation "Bis an die Grenze" ist ein berührender, warmherziger Roman, in dessen Zentrum Josie steht, eine alleinerziehende Mutter, die mitsamt ihren beiden Kindern aus den Zwängen ihres Vorstadtlebens flieht und sich in der Wildnis...

Eine koffeinhaltige Abenteuergeschichte. Es ist eine wahre, mitreißende Geschichte, die Dave Eggers in seinem neuen Buch erzählt. Ein junger Mann aus San Francisco, als Kind aus dem Jemen eingewandert, entdeckt die uralte Kaffeetradition seiner Heimat wieder und macht sich auf, das Leben der jemenitischen...

Eggers is one of the most notable writers of his generation, recognized for such bestsell­ing and critically acclaimed books as A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Circle. Before he embarked on his writing career, Eggers was classically trained as a draftsman and painter. He then spent...

From the author of *The Circle—*the inspiration for the major motion picture starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks! "Exhilarating…Profoundly moving, occasionally angry, and often hilarious…A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is, finally, a finite book of jest, which is why it...

The Monk of Mokha is the exhilarating true story of a young Yemeni American man, raised in San Francisco, who dreams of resurrecting the ancient art of Yemeni coffee but finds himself trapped in Sana’a by civil war. Mokhtar Alkhanshali is twenty-four and working as a doorman when he discovers...

**“A picaresque adventure and spiritual coming-of-age tale — On the Road crossed with Henderson the Rain King… Deeply affecting.” —Michiko Kakutani, *The New York Times * Longlisted for an Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction ** A captivating, often hilarious...

*New York Times Notable Book New York Times Bestseller What Is the What* is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children —the so-called Lost Boys—was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age of seven and trek hundreds of miles...

From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting...

Now a Major Motion Picture starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world’s most powerful internet company, she feels...

National Bestseller The true story of one family, caught between America’s two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina. Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches,...

Abner and Ian are stuck sideways in this clever picture book created by a bestselling, acclaimed author and cartoonist--and perfect for fans of Elephant & Piggie and Press Here. Abner and Ian are stuck sideways on the pages of their debut picture book. They can't start the story like this!...