Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story

English

Series: Vintage Ser.

ISBN: 0375725784

EAN: 9780375725784

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Literary/Family & Relationships / Death, Grief, Bereavement/Family & Relationships / Siblings/

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Release Date: 02/28/2001

Synopsis: The literary sensation of the year, a book that redefines both family and narrative for the twenty-first century.A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Geniusis the moving memoir of a college senior who, in the space of five weeks, loses both of his parents to cancer and inherits his eight-year-old brother. Here is an exhilarating debut that manages to be simultaneously hilarious and wildly inventive as well as a deeply heartfelt story of the love that holds a family together. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Geniusis an instant classic that will be read in paperback for decades to come. The Vintage edition includes a new appendix by the author.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books – null  Guardian First Book Award – null  New York Times Editors Choice – null  Original Voices Award – null  Pulitzer Prize – null 

Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius : A Memoir Based on a True Story

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 5.13 inches

Length: 8.0 inches

Weight: 14.74 oz

Pages: 496