New Releases by Dave Eggers

NATIONAL BESTSELLER · THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS'' CHOICE • A sweeping novel about friendship, love, and the lifelong pursuit of art from Dave Eggers, the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle, A Hologram for the King, and The Eyes & the Impossible “Glorious and captivating, with Eggers’ signature humor and precision, Contrapposto tells a big and big-hearted story that counter-positions exquisitely the pain and exhilarations of love and the creative impulse. I loved this novel.” —Lily King, author of Heart the Lover “In this satisfyingly old-school novel, an artist tries to find his place, and hold onto his spark, in a world that values fads and flash. . . . Contrapposto is an earthy, warm return to form . . . . To call the book ‘moving’ would be a smelly cliché, so let’s say undulating, with both despair and hope.” —Alexandra Jacobs, The New York Times Book Review Cricket Dibb, born on the American prairie, has no particular prospects or ambitions until, in grade school, he realizes he can draw. He soon meets a girl, Olympia Argyros, one year older, who is captivating and brilliant and far more worldly. Recognizing his talent, she convinces him to deface, with profound vulgarity, a popular playground. Under her direction, he does it willingly, already in love, and thus begins a sixty-five-year entwining between Cricket and Olympia, encompassing friendship, working partnership and love affair. Together they go to art school—an experience of dubious value—and then navigate the art world for the next fifty years, together and apart. Contrapposto is a moving and very funny novel about allies and art, and what it means to be an artist. All through their lives, Cricket sees Olympia as his soulmate and destiny, and while she is always his champion, romantically her eyes are always seeking something—and someone—else. Their love changes over the decades, but their commitment to each other, and their search for meaning in the making of art, never wanes. The novel spans the globe, from New York to Thailand, Indiana to Paris, and follows Cricket and Olympia through sickness and health, war and death. The novel is a wild and beautiful examination of the rules and market forces of the art world, but chiefly it’s about two friends who believe they can change that world, and bring new meaning to it, if only they can start their own movement, dodge charlatans, remain open-eyed and open-hearted, avoid going mad, avoid dying young of rare cancers, stay true to their ideals, and never tire of beauty. Not easy, but not impossible, either.

The sixth short novella or long short story in Dave Eggers''s The Forgetters series. Aurora Mahoney runs one of three whale-watching businesses on the Monterey coast. It''s a life of great beauty, wonder and camaraderie, but after one of her fellow captains retires, a new, and decidedly different, sort of captain takes his place. What had been a simple and charmed life is clouded by a sinister, and yet aloof, new force on the waterfront. This is a page-turning examination of what makes a paradise, and how easily one human can destroy it.

A New York Times bestseller Winner of the Newbery Medal ''This book is a magic trick'' Jon Klassen Johannes is a free dog, a fast dog – such a fast dog! He lives in an urban park by the sea, and every day, he runs through the park, seeing all, missing nothing, and reporting what he sees to the park’s three ancient Bison, the Keepers of the Equilibrium. But the Equilibrium has been disrupted. Johannes must run faster, see better, and ultimately do more than run and see – he must liberate those he loves. A story about friendship, beauty, liberation, and running very, very fast, The Eyes & the Impossible will make readers of all ages see the world around them in a wholly new way.

A novel written by more than twenty-five major literary voices follows the tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan during the COVID-19 shutdown, as they gather on the roof, share stories, and become real neighbors.

"It all started when John "Minnie" Moore built a mine in Idaho and sold it to Englishman Henry Miller. Then Henry married a local lass named Annie and built her a mansion, hence the "Millers'' Minnie Moore Mine Mansion." After Henry died and Annie was hoodwinked--losing all but the mansion--she and her son took to raising pigs in the yard, as some are wont to do. But the town wanted those pigs out. Who could have guessed that Annie and her crew would remove the whole mansion instead--rolling it away slowly on logs--while she and her son were still living in it?"--

Convinced whale songs are boring, young humpback whale Soren decides to write his own catchier tunes, and even when his music is met with less than encouraging feedback, he finds a way to keep composing.

Después de El Círculo , regresa Dave Eggers con una sátira apasionante que nos muestra un futuro totalitario sobre la dictadura y el monopolio de Google, Amazon y Facebook. «Un visionario. Uno de los mejores autores de su generación». Iker Seisdedos, El País Cuando la empresa de internet del momento, El Círculo, se fusiona con la mayor plataforma comercial online del planeta, da paso al monopolio más rentable y peligroso hasta la fecha. El Todo es la corporación de Silicon Valley a la que todos quieren pertenecer, admirada por muchos, pero odiada también por algunos escépticos. Entre ellos se encuentra la disidente tecnológica Delaney Wells, que ha decidido postularse para un puesto en la compañía con un único objetivo: destruir la empresa desde dentro, con la esperanza de liberar a la humanidad de la vigilancia total y de su infantilización en la era de los emoticonos. Pero ¿realmente alguien quiere lo que Delaney está luchando por salvar? En un mundo donde hay tanto donde escoger y en el que solo queremos certezas, ¿no preferimos que alguien tome decisiones por nosotros? ¿De verdad queremos ser libres? ¿Nos preocupa realmente la deshumanización de nuestra sociedad? En esta apasionante novela, que combina el suspense con la sátira y el absurdo con el terror, y que logra mantener en vilo al lector a causa del incierto destino del animal humano, Dave Eggers nos alerta de los monopolios que están cambiando nuestro comportamiento, nuestros recuerdos y nuestra capacidad para pensar libremente. Reseñas: «Un estupendo bisnieto de Nosotros, de Zamiatin, aunque ahora la «sociedad perfecta» es Silicon Valley. ¡Cuidado con lo que deseáis!». Margaret Atwood, vía Twitter « El Todo ahonda no solo en el mundo que Dave Eggers creó en El Círculo, sino también en el absurdo y alarmante mundo que hemos creado para nosotros mismos. Con precisión oracular, nos guía en un viaje aterrador, humano e hilarante a partes iguales. Eggers en su máximo esplendor». Rebecca Makkai «La fortaleza del libro de Eggers radica en sus perversas extrapolaciones de las tendencias tecnológicas actuales para mostrar sus latentes fallas [...]. Su escritura siempre transmite un mensaje moral en su forma literaria más cautivadora». John Thornhill, Financial Times «Lo que Eggers hace tan bien es conseguir que El Todo sea tan atractivo como alarmante [...]. Si con El Todo acierta tanto... estamos en una situación más problemática de lo que creíamos». The Times «Inolvidable. Con un humor brillante y enorme suspense, El Todo analiza cómo la tecnología está redefiniendo de manera indeleble lo que significa ser humano, y cómo ya lo ha redefinido». Van Jones, analista político de la CNN

From the award-winning, bestselling author of The Circle comes an exciting new follow-up. When the world’s largest search engine/social media company, the Circle, merges with the planet’s dominant ecommerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous—and, oddly enough, most beloved—monopoly ever known: the Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire at the Every. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Makazian, they look for the Every''s weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free? Studded with unforgettable characters, outrageous outfits, and lacerating set-pieces, this companion to The Circle blends absurdity and terror, satire and suspense, while keeping the reader in apprehensive excitement about the fate of the company—and the human animal.

Oisín Mahoney is an American Army vet in his 70s who is asked to lead a group of young grand-nieces and grand-nephews on a walk through the hills of California''s Central Coast. Walking toward a setting sun, their destination is a place called The Museum of Rain, which may or may not still exist, and whose origin and meaning are elusive to all. In one of his most elegiac stories, Eggers gives us a beautiful testament to family, memory, and what we leave behind.

Lucian enjoys searching the beach below his home for treasure, but after becoming attached to a mysterious cutlass he meets its owner, who offers something greater for its return.

When Grandma comes to visit, and his parents leave them alone, the boy''s grandmother encourages him to imitate a jaguar, until completely transformed they venture out into the night, exploring the world from a new perspective, and with a new freedom--until it is difficult to distinguish imagination from reality.

A savage satire of a United States in the throes of insanity, this hilarious novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Circle tells the story of a noble ship, the Glory, and the loud, clownish, and foul Captain who steers it to the brink of disaster. "A short parable for our times that is 30 percent Veep, 30 percent Voltaire, and the rest flavored by Margaret Atwood, Jonathan Swift, Percival Everett, and Salman Rushdie." —Los Angeles Review of Books When the decorated Captain of a great ship descends the gangplank for the final time, a new leader, a man with a yellow feather in his hair, vows to step forward. Though he has no experience, no knowledge of nautical navigation or maritime law, and though he has often remarked he doesn''t much like boats, he solemnly swears to shake things up. Together with his band of petty thieves and confidence men known as the Upskirt Boys, the Captain thrills his passengers, writing his dreams and notions on the cafeteria wipe-away board, boasting of his exemplary anatomy, devouring cheeseburgers, and tossing overboard anyone who displeases him. Until one day a famous pirate, long feared by passengers of the Glory but revered by the Captain for how phenomenally masculine he looked without a shirt while riding a horse, appears on the horizon. Absurd, hilarious, and all too recognizable, The Captain and the Glory is a wicked farce of contemporary America only Dave Eggers could dream up.

From the bestselling author of The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners'' role in a nation''s fragile peace. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this "darkly funny" novel (The Los Angeles Times) questions whether we can ever understand another nation''s war, and what role we have in forging anyone''s peace. An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence.

Josie a quarante ans, elle est dentiste et mère de deux jeunes enfants. Et Josie n''en peut plus. Un ex-mari d''une lamentable lâcheté, des procès de patients rancuniers, des voisins tyranniques, un remords qui la tourmente, c''en est trop. Alors Josie quitte son travail et la civilisation, loue un camping-car et embarque ses enfants pour un périple en Alaska. Au fil de cette quête désespérée de soi, elle fera des rencontres étonnantes : de précieuses alliées, de séduisants solitaires et d''extravagants amateurs d''armes à feu. Cet équipage hors du commun entreprend un voyage sans espoir de retour dans l''inconnu du Grand Nord. Mais la terre de montagnes et de lumière qu''ils fantasmaient ne leur apportera pas le réconfort espéré. Ils feront au contraire l''épreuve de la nature hostile au cœur d''un État ravagé par les flammes, apprendront à vivre dans la solitude des parkings déserts, et tenteront, à tout prix, de trouver enfin leur place dans le monde. Dans ce roman de mésaventures, Dave Eggers nous emporte dans une fascinante odyssée et dresse avec humour et tendresse le portrait d''une héroïne moderne au bord de la crise de nerfs, une nouvelle Ulysse en quête de courage et de réponse à une question essentielle : que faire d''une vie ?

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El libro en el que se basa la película The circle, protagonizada por Emma Watson y Tom Hanks.Una novela siniestramente verosímil sobre los peligros de la era digital.A pesar de su entusiasmo por trabajar en el Círculo, Mae pronto descubrirá que su vida fuera de la compañía comienza a pasar a un segundo plano...Lo que empieza como la fascinante historia de ambición e idealismo se convierte en una trepidante novela de suspense que plantea cuestiones como la memoria, el pasado, la privacidad, la democracia y los límites del conocimiento humano. El día que Mae Holland es contratada para trabajar en el Círculo, la empresa de internet más influyente del mundo, sabe que se le ha concedido la oportunidad de su vida. A través de un innovador sistema operativo, el Círculo unifica direcciones de email, perfiles de redes sociales, operaciones bancarias y contraseñas de usuarios dando lugar a una única identidad virtual y veraz, en pos de una nueva era de civilidad y transparencia. Mae está entusiasmada con la modernidad y la actividad de la compañía. Cada día se celebran fiestas, conciertos al aire libre y actividades deportivas. Hay clubs de todo tipo, e incluso puede visitarse un exclusivo acuario de peces exóticos. Mae se siente afortunada de formar parte del centro del mundo, a pesar de que se aleje cada vez más de su vida fuera del campus y de que su rol dentro del Círculo acabe siendo de dominio público. La crítica ha opinado: "Eggers nos demuestra con El Círculo cuál es el impacto de la era digital en la sociedad de forma exquisitamente astuta, introspectiva y profunda." - The Guardian "Una parábola sobre los peligros de la era digital. Eggers nos recuerda cómo la utopía digital puede conducir a la ''dataficación'' de nuestra vida diaria, cómo la creencia en la sabiduría de la mayoría puede hundirnos en el decreto de las masas, cómo abrazar la idea de comunidad puede llevarnos a la anulación del individuo." - The New York Times "El Círculo es una hábil y moderna síntesis de ingenio swiftiano y pronosticación orwelliana [#], un trabajo tan relacionado con nuestro tiempo que podría ser considerado la observación satírica más acertada del principio de la era de internet." - The Guardian "Fascinante [#] Eggers consigue que nos suba la adrenalina [#]. Una novela de ideas [#]. Puro entretenimiento, pero del estimulante." - Margaret Atwood, The New York Review of Books "La mayoría nos imaginamos el totalitarismo como algo que se impone, pero ¿y si fuéramos los cómplices en nuestra propia opresión? Este es el escenario de la ambiciosa, aterrorizante y siniestramente verosímil nueva novela de Eggers [#]. Las comparaciones con Un mundo feliz y 1984 serán inevitables." - Booklist "Eggers ha puesto su estilo y su pulso narrativo al servicio del tecnothriller: un escritura enérgica y eficaz." - Time ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONNow a Major Motion Picture starring Emma Watson and Tom Hanks. A bestselling dystopian novel that tackles surveillance, privacy and the frightening intrusions of technology in our lives. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world''s most powerful internet company, she feels she''s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users'' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company''s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can''t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world—even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman''s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge.

Quand Mae Holland est embauchée par le Cercle, elle n''en revient pas. Ce géant d''Internet relie e-mails, réseaux sociaux et transactions bancaires dans un système universel, clé de voûte d''une société numérique prônant la civilité et la transparence. Mae se passionne pour son nouveau travail - même s''il l''absorbe entièrement, l''éloignant de ses proches, et même si elle s''expose aux yeux du monde en participant au dernier projet du Cercle, une avancée technologique aussi considérable qu''inquiétante... Ce qui ressemble d''abord au portrait d''une femme ambitieuse devient rapidement un roman au suspense haletant, qui étudie les liens entre vie privée et addiction aux réseaux sociaux, et interroge les limites de la connaissance.

Relatos precisos y afinados y audazmente experimentales de la mano de uno de los autores americanos de primera línea. Los quince relatos de Guardianes de la intimidad abarcan escenarios y personajes tan apasionantes como líricos: la historia de supervivencia de un setter irlandés, la proeza irónica de una mujer que escala el Kilimanjaro, la relación amorosa sin amor de dos viejos amigos en Costa Rica... Todos ellos muestran la plenitud narrativa de Eggers, un autor que puede ser devastador, lúcido y divertido hasta extremos impensables. Reseñas: «Uno de los autores más interesantes de la literatura norteamericana reciente.» Jordí Puntí, El País

A captivating, often hilarious novel of family, loss, wilderness, and the curse of a violent America, Dave Eggers’s Heroes of the Frontier is a powerful examination of our contemporary life and a rousing story of adventure. Josie and her children’s father have split up, she’s been sued by a former patient and lost her dental practice, and she’s grieving the death of a young man senselessly killed. When her ex asks to take the children to meet his new fiancée’s family, Josie makes a run for it, figuring Alaska is about as far as she can get without a passport. Josie and her kids, Paul and Ana, rent a rattling old RV named the Chateau, and at first their trip feels like a vacation: They see bears and bison, they eat hot dogs cooked on a bonfire, and they spend nights parked along icy cold rivers in dark forests. But as they drive, pushed north by the ubiquitous wildfires, Josie is chased by enemies both real and imagined, past mistakes pursuing her tiny family, even to the very edge of civilization. A tremendous new novel from the bestselling author of The Circle, Heroes of the Frontier is the darkly comic story of a mother and her two young children on a journey through an Alaskan wilderness plagued by wildfires and a uniquely American madness.

A Vintage Shorts “Short Story Month” Selection Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Dave Eggers displays his emotional range in this quiet tour-de-force from How We Are Hungry, the often funny and masterful collection of short fiction. After giving up responsibility, in her usual passive way, of much that has been of importance in her life—her adopted children, a condo, financial security—Rita pays for a guided hike to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. An ebook Short.

The Golden Gate Bridge is the most famous bridge in the world. It is also, not entirely coincidentally, the world’s only bright-orange bridge. But it wasn’t supposed to be that way. In this book, fellow bridge-lovers Dave Eggers and Tucker Nichols tell the story of how it happened—how a bridge that some people wanted to be red and white, and some people wanted to be yellow and black, and most people wanted simply to be gray, instead became, thanks to the vision and stick-to-itiveness of a few peculiar architects, one of the most memorable man-made objects ever created. Told with playful paper cut-outs and irresistible prose, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray is a joyful history lesson in picture-book form—a gorgeously crafted story that teaches us how beauty and inspiration tend to come from the most unexpected places. Sometimes you have to fight for what you believe in, even if it’s just a color.

T. S. Hawkins led an astounding life. Born in 1836, he grew up just down the way from Mark Twain in Missouri, in a log cabin. He became a teacher at age 17, and owned his own general store at 21. A few years later, he set out in a covered wagon, and made his way across the plains to California. He and a few other farmers got together and founded the town of Hollister, and Hawkins went on to build a hospital in his granddaughter''s name. It stands today. In Some Recollections of a Busy Life, he tells his story.

"The Circle is the exhilarating new novel from Dave Eggers, best-selling author of A Hologram for the King, a finalist for the National Book Award. When Mae Holland is hired to work for the Circle, the world''s most powerful internet company, she feels she''s been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The Circle, run out of a sprawling California campus, links users'' personal emails, social media, banking, and purchasing with their universal operating system, resulting in one online identity and a new age of civility and transparency. As Mae tours the open-plan office spaces, the towering glass dining facilities, the cozy dorms for those who spend nights at work, she is thrilled with the company''s modernity and activity. There are parties that last through the night, there are famous musicians playing on the lawn, there are athletic activities and clubs and brunches, and even an aquarium of rare fish retrieved from the Marianas Trench by the CEO. Mae can''t believe her luck, her great fortune to work for the most influential company in the world--even as life beyond the campus grows distant, even as a strange encounter with a colleague leaves her shaken, even as her role at the Circle becomes increasingly public. What begins as the captivating story of one woman''s ambition and idealism soon becomes a heart-racing novel of suspense, raising questions about memory, history, privacy, democracy, and the limits of human knowledge"--

In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn''t recognize his captor, though Thomas remembers him. Kev cries for help. He pulls at the chain. But the ocean is close by, and nobody can hear him over the waves and wind. Thomas apologizes. He didn''t want to have to resort to this. But they really needed to have a conversation, and Kev didn''t answer his messages. And now, if Kev can just stop yelling, Thomas has a few questions. And so begins Dave Eggers''s tightly controlled, emotionally searching novel. Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? is the formally daring, brilliantly executed story of one man, struggling to make sense of his country, seeking answers the only way he knows how. ''Politically and polemically engaged in the tradition of Dickens and Zola . . . another novel located in a frightened, divided, deceitful and possibly disintegrating America . . . Many skillfully delayed revelations . . . privately and publicly astute, confirming that the writer''s joke about genius in his debut title was not entirely misplaced.'' The Gaurdian ''Eggers can write about pretty much anything and make it glitter and somersault on the page . . . dazzling and highly original.'' Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times ''Possibly the most admired and emulated American author of his generation.'' Independent ''One of the country''s leading literary eminences.'' Washington Post '' A story about someone who takes revenge against the world because he can''t fathom how he fits into it. . . This is a one-sitting read . . . Insightful.'' USA Today ''The faint echo of Plato''s dialogues . . . Raising questions about the appropriate relationship between authority and compassion.'' Kirkus ''As is always true with Eggers, those ideas - laid out here in quasi-Socratic dialogue - are inherently interesting. I can think of few contemporary American writers who convey such a sense of urgency about the mess we''re in - or how important it is that we, like the Israelites surrounding Zechariah, resurrect the once-glorious Temple. Eggers pulls no punches. . . Eggers makes these points even as he simultaneously manages empathy for Thomas'' plight, as a man who has inherited a fallen world he never made.'' Milwaukee Journal Sentinel ''A jazz session - a brief, single helping of strangeness that flaunts his panache for stylistic experimentation. . . The writing is compelling and the characterization astute.'' Booklist ''. . . as much a play as a novel, except there is no direction, no indication of action or scene beyond what the characters describe. So deft is he, however, that the setting and mood are perfectly clear..Eggers writes so well you would read a computer manual if it was by him, but beneath his beguiling style is a base note of genuine concern about those who find themselves out of kilter with society.'' The Herald ''His latest novella, Your Fathers, Where Are They? And the Prophets, Do They Live Forever? stretches his toying with literary forms to new lengths...... compelling.'' Evening Standard ''I''ve never read a novel quite like this . . . Let''s say it''s a very interesting novel. But when has our Dave done anything uninteresting?'' The Times

Huxleys ”Schöne neue Welt“ reloaded: Die 24-jährige Mae Holland ist überglück-lich. Sie hat einen Job ergattert in der hippsten Firma der Welt, beim ”Circle“, einem freundlichen Internetkonzern mit Sitz in Kalifornien, der die Geschäftsfelder von Google, Apple, Facebook und Twitter geschluckt hat, indem er alle Kunden mit einer einzigen Internetidentität ausstattet, über die einfach alles abgewickelt werden kann. Mit dem Wegfall der Anonymität im Netz - so ein Ziel der ”drei Weisen“, die den Konzern leiten - wird es keinen Schmutz mehr geben im Internet und auch keine Kriminalität. Mae stürzt sich voller Begeisterung in diese schöne neue Welt mit ihren lichtdurchfluteten Büros und High-Class-Restaurants, wo Sterneköche kostenlose Mahlzeiten für die Mitarbeiter kreieren, wo internationale Popstars Gratis-Konzerte geben und fast jeden Abend coole Partys gefeiert werden. Sie wird zur Vorzeigemitarbeiterin und treibt den Wahn, alles müsse transparent sein, auf die Spitze. Doch eine Begegnung mit einem mysteriösen Kollegen ändert alles ... Mit seinem neuen Roman ”Der Circle“ hat Dave Eggers ein packendes Buch über eine bestürzend nahe Zukunft geschrieben, einen Thriller, der uns ganz neu über die Bedeutung von Privatsphäre, Demokratie und Öffentlichkeit nachden-ken und den Wunsch aufkommen lässt, die Welt und das Netz mögen uns bitte manchmal vergessen.