In a rising Saudi Arabian city, far from weary, recession-scarred America, a struggling businessman pursues a last-ditch attempt to stave off foreclosure, pay his daughter's college tuition, and finally do something great. In "A Hologram for the King," Dave Eggers takes us around the world to show how one man fights to hold himself and his splintering family together in the face of the global economy's gale-force winds. This taut, richly layered, and elegiac novel is a powerful evocation of our contemporary moment -- and a moving story of how we got here.
戴夫•艾格斯(1970— ),美国新生代重要作家、编辑、出版人。艾格斯的父母在他念大学时相继患病去世,他中止学业,照顾八岁的弟弟。2000年,艾格斯出版回忆录《怪才的荒诞与忧伤》,一炮走红,不仅登上《纽约时报》畅销书榜冠军宝座,还被《时代周刊》等媒体评为“年度好书”,入围普利策奖。
艾格斯的代表作还包括反映苏丹内战中青少年历险生活的传记小说《什么是什么》(2006)、纪实作品《泽恩图》(2009)、关于网络社会的反乌托邦小说《圆环》(2013)。他还应电影导演斯派克•琼斯邀请,将美国绘本大师桑达克的经典绘本《野兽出没的地方》改编为电影剧本,并于2009年电影上映之际出版小说《野兽国》。他最新一部作品是2014年出版的小说《你们的父亲,他们在哪儿?还有先知们,他们长生不老吗?》。
艾格斯也是文学杂志《蒂莫西•麦克斯维尼季刊》和麦克斯维尼出版社的创始人。...