Books by Dave Eggers
The Eyes & The Impossible
by Dave Eggers & Shawn Harris (illustrator)
🏆 2024 Newbery Medal
A story of friendship, beauty and freedom exuberantly narrated by a dog called Johannes. The pictures are composed of existing fine art landscapes into which the illustrator has seamlessly inserted the dog protagonist. The edition with the decorative wooden cover is very attractive.
“Eggers plays with the relationship between reality and fiction. What is the What might be thought of as containing chunks of reality” Read more...
Robert Eaglestone, Literary Scholar
Zeitoun
by Dave Eggers
Abdulrahman Zeitoun is a real-life hero, a local businessman who, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, paddled from house to house in a canoe, offering help to his neighbours. For his trouble, he was arrested as a suspected terrorist. Zeitoun is an extraordinary and Kafkaesque tale of how a man because of his ethnic background can get caught up in a hellish scenario where he is held prisoner and nobody knows where he is.
Interviews where books by Dave Eggers were recommended
The best books on New Orleans, recommended by Tom Piazza
Award-winning writer Tom Piazza explains his fascination with New Orleans. He recommends the five books that best represent the history and culture of the city (pre- and post-Katrina).
The Best Contemporary Fiction, recommended by Robert Eaglestone
The novel is no longer the king of the narrative arts, says the writer and academic Robert Eaglestone. Yet literature has never been more interesting. Here he discusses five excellent novels that exemplify current trends in contemporary fiction.
