- Fiction, Voyages and travels, Islands, Runaway children
In a stunning act of imagination, Dave Eggers has adapted Maurice Sendak's children's classic, Where the Wild Things Are, into this richly drawn full-length novel, the story of a lonely boy navigating the emotional journey away from boyhood.
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- Author
- Dave Eggers
- First published
- 2009
- Pages
- 283
- Publisher
- Kiepenheuer & Witsch GmbH, Vintage Books, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- Spanish, English
- ISBN
- 9781934781623
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Dave Eggers (born March 12, 1970) is an American writer, editor, and publisher. His 2000 memoir, *A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius,* became a bestseller and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Eggers is also the founder of several literary and philanthropic ventures, including the literary journal *Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern,* the literacy project *826 Valencia,* and the human rights non-profit organisation Voice of Witness. Additionally, he founded ScholarMatch, a program that connects donors with students needing funds for college tuition. His writing has appeared in publications including *The New Yorker, Esquire,* and *The New York Times Maga
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