Godina izdanja: Ostalo
ISBN: Ostalo
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Dave Eggers
Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever?

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin (7 May 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
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One of our fiercest and most compelling writers ― Sunday Times

Eggers can write about pretty much anything and make it glitter and somersault on the page . . . dazzling and highly original -- Michiko Kakutani ― The New York Times

Possibly the most admired and emulated American author of his generation ― Independent

A jazz session - a brief, single helping of strangeness that flaunts his panache for stylistic experimentation. . . The writing is compelling and the characterization astute ― Booklist

Inherently interesting. I can think of few contemporary American writers who convey such a sense of urgency about the mess we`re in. Eggers pulls no punches ― Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

A one-sitting read . . . insightful ― USA Today

One of the country`s leading literary eminences ― Washington Post

Eggers writes so well you would read a computer manual if it was by him, but beneath his beguiling style is a base note of genuine concern about those who find themselves out of kilter with society. ― HERALD

His latest novella, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? stretches his toying with literary forms to new lengths...compelling ― EVENING STANDARD

But with each tightly controlled book, Eggers` fiction becomes more prescient, moving and unsettling... Even if all generations are lost generations, we need engaged, incendiary novels which ask: What now? ― INDEPENDENT

The faint echo of Plato`s dialogues . . . Raising questions about the appropriate
relationship between authority and compassion.

― Kirkus

An angry and astute investigation into the state of America ... Politically and polemically engaged in the tradition of Dickens and Zola. -- Mark Lawson ― Guardian

Eggers has a knack for potent images of frustration . . [He] has produced something timely -- Sam Worley ― Chicago Tribune

A major talent. His voice - loud, sardonic, compassionate, and honest . . . Eggers has developed into a profoundly serious novelist and nonfiction writer with a social and political conscience. -- Alex Gilvarry ― The Boston Globe

Dave Eggers never writes the same book twice, and his latest may be his most unusual to date . . . [A] fleet and forceful story by one of our finest fiction writers . . .stark exchanges, with little exposition ... propels the reader to the end. -- Georgia Rowe ― San Jose Mercury News

Unmistakably the work of a singular talent. . . Even if all generations are lost generations, we need engaged, incendiary novels which ask: What now? -- Max Liu ― The Independent

Fathers is a screaming, bleating cry for society to fix itself. It is a frothing, angry, mournful meditation on what is slipping away as America plows on into the 21st century... compelling -- Henry C. Jackson ― Chicago Daily Herald

Another startling leap into new territory . . . Here is a tale as tightly wound as an alarm clock. . . Eggers has always been as elastic writer, but in Your Fathers he puts his language to the ultimate test. -- John Freeman ― Toronto Star

This short, provocative novel feels a bit like Jack Bauer stepping into Kierkegaard`s collected works. . . ambitiously confronts a grand history of philosophical angst . . . Swift and smart. -- Zoë Ferraris ― San Francisco Chronicle

Engaging . . . You know what Eggers wants to say, he says it quickly, and he says it with a respectably righteous fury. And, ultimately, he says it with a compassion that`s always been present in his work . . . Fascinating. -- Mark Athitakis ― The Washington Post

Within 212 pages, Eggers displays a delicate, haunting, sometimes dire picture of the world. It may not be a comfortable read, but it`s an interesting take on what we believe to be true and what we hope to be true. -- Mark Lopez ― Alibi.com