A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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This is a book written with honesty, energy, and humor. Dave Eggers is a gifted writer.
Journal Entry 2 by Rutland at Greenway Trail, mile 5 at the covered bridge in Lisbon, Ohio USA on Friday, November 12, 2004
Released on Friday, November 12, 2004 at about 4:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Greenway Trail, mile 5 at the covered bridge in Lisbon, Ohio USA.
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It was actually on mile 6 of the Greenway Trail. Between mile marker 5 and 6. Therefore, two miles were added to my hike. I walked from mile marker 3 to mile marker 6, thinking, "Hey, there's no covered bridge on the bike trail!" It was on the way back that I saw the sign and realized that the covered bridge was slightly off-track. I found the book and was very pleased with myself.
On the trail back, however, I realized that I had overestimated how much daylight I had left. The last mile was walked in the dark, with no reassuring streetlights. Every woodland noise was magnified. I'm thinking I'm going to torn apart by wolves or shot by rogue deer hunters. My last gasped words to my orange-vested killers/rescuers will be, "Tell my wife to sue the crap out you, you gun-toting microcephalic SOBs!"
This thing had BETTER be a heartbreaking work of staggering genius!
On the trail back, however, I realized that I had overestimated how much daylight I had left. The last mile was walked in the dark, with no reassuring streetlights. Every woodland noise was magnified. I'm thinking I'm going to torn apart by wolves or shot by rogue deer hunters. My last gasped words to my orange-vested killers/rescuers will be, "Tell my wife to sue the crap out you, you gun-toting microcephalic SOBs!"
This thing had BETTER be a heartbreaking work of staggering genius!
Interesting book. What worked for me were the humorous rants. They often made me laugh out loud.
At the same time, realizing that Eggers was mining his (and others') lives for the sake of the...exorcism?...of his personal demons was vaguely creepy and disturbing.
I find his final claim that he was doing all of this for (to?) us, the readers, spurious. I wonder how his younger brother, Toph, turned out. Okay, I hope. He ought to be in his early twenties by now.
On the basis of this book, I'd like to check out McSweeney's Quarterly, a literary journal of sorts he publishes, and his "Non-Required Reading" collections.
At the same time, realizing that Eggers was mining his (and others') lives for the sake of the...exorcism?...of his personal demons was vaguely creepy and disturbing.
I find his final claim that he was doing all of this for (to?) us, the readers, spurious. I wonder how his younger brother, Toph, turned out. Okay, I hope. He ought to be in his early twenties by now.
On the basis of this book, I'd like to check out McSweeney's Quarterly, a literary journal of sorts he publishes, and his "Non-Required Reading" collections.
Journal Entry 5 by Velvis at Shelter on first mile of Greenway bike trail in Lisbon, Ohio USA on Saturday, December 4, 2004
Released on Sunday, December 05, 2004 at about 6:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Shelter on first mile of Greenway bike trail in Lisbon, Ohio USA.
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This is the first book that I caught in this area. I'm very excited. I enjoyed the early morning walk with my dog Medea. No one was on the trail at the time and it was peaceful and quiet followed by the excitement of finding a book on a bench.
