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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)
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)
"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)
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)
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)
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". [1] 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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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)
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)
"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)
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)
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)
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". [1] 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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