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Dave Eggers' first splash in publishing was a big one: the audaciously titled A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Published in 2000, the book caught the attention of the media, and soon critical praise was being heaped upon the book's author, an u...

Rounding out our list of nonfiction bestsellers is A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by David Eggers. It's one of the bestselling new books at independent bookstores, is beginning its climb at the chains and was among the top five nonfiction titles at...

Dave Eggers. A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. Simon & Schuster, 2000. 375 pp. $23.00. Yes, the title does make some startling claims, but for the most part, Eggers meets them. "Based on a true story," much is made in the preface...

An author who has nurtured young writers and a doctor who has pushed nations to share disease information in hopes of combating illness are among six people named Heinz Award winners on Wednesday.The annual $250,000 prize is given to people who make notable contributions in...

An author who has nurtured young writers and a doctor who has pushed nations to share disease information in hopes of combating illness are among six people named Heinz Award winners on Wednesday.The annual $250,000 prize is given to people who make notable contributions in...

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, with its unique style that attracts the attention of the reader from the very beginning is a good example of self reflexive fiction. Self reflexive fiction, improving and changing from the time of Tristram Shandy has found a new life at the hands of Dave Eggers. He offers the reader to take an active role in his reading.