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2017-05-24
Ungrateful Mammals
Dave Eggers
Abrams
October 2017
100pp
書籍編號:
03-9694
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● 內文簡介

Dave Eggers is one of the most notable writers of his generation, recognized for suchinternationally bestsell¬ing and critically acclaimed books as A Hologram for the King, What Is the What, and The Circle (two of which also became major motion pictures: A Hologram for the King; The Circle). Before he embarked on his writing career, Eggers was classically trained as a draftsman and painter. He spent many years as a professional illus¬trator and graphic designer before turning to writ¬ing full-time. After the publication of his memoir, A Heartbreaking work of Staggering Genius, in 2000 Eggers focused mainly on writing, then publicly returned to visual art in 2010 with a solo gallery show at Electric Works in San Francisco called “It Is Right to Draw Their Fur.”

Eggers is represented by the San Francisco based Electric Works gallery and has exhibited in many prestigious art shows including Art On Paper in New York City, among others. The show featured many drawings of animals often paired with (sometimes Biblical) phrases. More recently, in order to raise money for ScholarMatch, his college-access nonprofit, he returned to visual art, and the results have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the country

Ungrateful Mammals is a collection of this artwork. The results are wry, oddly anthropomorphic tableaus that create a very entertaining and eccentric body of work from one of today’s leading culture makers.

 

● 作者簡介

Dave Eggers is the author of seven bestselling and award-winning books. He is also the founder and editor of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing house based in San Francisco that produces a quarterly journal and a monthly maga¬zine (The Believer). In 2002, he cofounded 826 Valencia, a nonprofit writing and tutoring center for youth in San Francisco, which has spawned six affiliate 826 centers nationally.

 

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