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A review by gark_muthrie
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
4.0
Dave Eggers effortlessly captures the juxtapositions of life that, most of the time, we all accept without realizing their complete disparities. "We are the bright new stars born of a screaming black hole, the nascent suns burst from the darkness, from the gasping void of space that folds and swallows - a darkness that would devour anyone not as strong as we..." The two orphans are celebrities, they are alone but they receive the attention of all that encounter them. They are burdened by limited funds, but at the same time free of the burdens inherent with having money.
Eggers puts himself on display, all his irrational thoughts and fears along with the grandiose dreams of a gratifyingly simple life. His words seem to strike a poignant chord because they're ones that most people think, but only in a fleeting manner, and so become lost in the tides of every day life. But Eggers holds on to them and throws them down on the page, not covering any detail for fear of reprisal.
He skillfully describes the phenomena of every day life that you intrinsically know, but may never verbally express. And at the same time, it's clear that life is something to be experienced, enjoyed, changing, but never limiting.
"Shake the Etch-A-Sketch"
Eggers puts himself on display, all his irrational thoughts and fears along with the grandiose dreams of a gratifyingly simple life. His words seem to strike a poignant chord because they're ones that most people think, but only in a fleeting manner, and so become lost in the tides of every day life. But Eggers holds on to them and throws them down on the page, not covering any detail for fear of reprisal.
He skillfully describes the phenomena of every day life that you intrinsically know, but may never verbally express. And at the same time, it's clear that life is something to be experienced, enjoyed, changing, but never limiting.
"Shake the Etch-A-Sketch"