Talk:A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Colophon page

I was hoping might say a few words about its Colophon page, which was simply the best bit about it — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thisuser (talk • contribs) 14:48, March 4, 2005‎ (UTC)

Beth

Article should make mention of his sister Beth's larger role in the stewardship of Toph, as well as her subsequent unexplained suicide and Eggers' request to kill an Atlantic Monthly article regarding Beth's larger role because of said suicide. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.67.243 (talk) 02:37, March 12, 2006‎ (UTC)

And it should also be noted that Beth was technically the legal guardian of Toph. Eggers mentions this while discussing the problems with trying to sign Toph up for a placement test at Lowell High School (pages 408-411 in the First Vintage Books edition). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 64.178.110.77 (talk) 21:20, April 11, 2006.

Request for clarification in plot synopsis

"Dave's own attempts to lead a normal life as a young adult often involve surreal encounters with women and alcohol."

Are the encounters surreal? Or are the encounters ordinary but the descriptions/writing style surreal? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.122.73.215 (talk) 22:44, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

The latter would be more accurate. Though I personally would not classify his style as "surreal" as much as "quirky". SanePsychotic (talk) 17:53, 5 February 2011 (UTC)

Book Cover

Is there anyway someone could put a picture of the book cover? I think it's relevant, but I don't want to put one up just for it to be taken down because of copyright or something. SanePsychotic (talk) 04:09, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Toph

The article describes Toph as "Dave's youngest brother and sibling" Isn't that redundant? "Dave's youngest brother" should be enough. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.87.222.10 (talk) 18:16, 9 April 2013 (UTC)

Stream of consciousness

The following appears in the article Stream of consciousness (narrative mode): "Stream of consciousness continues to appear in contemporary literature. Dave Eggers, author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000), according to one reviewer, "talks much as he writes – a forceful stream of consciousness, thoughts sprouting in all directions". However, there is no discussion of this technique in this article. Can anyone comment? Rwood128 (talk) 14:19, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

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