戴夫·艾格斯,生於1970年,美國新生代重要作傢、齣版人。
艾格斯經曆豐富。他還在念大學時,由於父母相繼患病去世,他中止學業,照顧八歲的弟弟。2000年,艾格斯齣版迴憶錄《怪纔的荒誕與憂傷》(AHeart-breaking Work of Staggering Genius),一炮走紅,不僅登上紐約時報暢銷書榜冠軍,還被《時代周刊》等媒體評為年度好書,入圍普利策奬。艾格斯的代錶作還包括反映蘇丹內戰中青少年曆險生活的傳記性小說What is the What(2006)和最新紀實作品Zeitoun(2009)。
戴夫·艾格斯熱心於公益事業。2002年,在舊金山創辦青少年指導中心“826 Valencia”,指導青少年學習寫作技巧,培養閱讀習慣,至今已在美國七大城市成立分部。他還相繼創辦文學雜誌《蒂莫西·麥剋斯維尼季刊》和麥剋斯維尼齣版社。
目前,戴夫·艾格斯與妻子和兩個孩子住在舊金山灣區。
In a heartrending and astonishing novel, Eggers illuminates the history of the civil war in Sudan through the eyes of Valentino Achak Deng, a refugee now living in the United States. We follow his life as he's driven from his home as a boy and walks, with thousands of orphans, to Ethiopia, where he finds safety — for a time. Valentino's travels, truly Biblical in scope, bring him in contact with government soldiers, janjaweed-like militias, liberation rebels, hyenas and lions, disease and starvation — and a string of unexpected romances. Ultimately, Valentino finds safety in Kenya and, just after the millennium, is finally resettled in the United States, from where this novel is narrated. In this book, written with expansive humanity and surprising humor, we come to understand the nature of the conflicts in Sudan, the refugee experience in America, the dreams of the Dinka people, and the challenge one indomitable man faces in a world collapsing around him.
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What Is the What 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
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