Eat the Document
Dana Spiotta
(Author)
Description
An ambitious and powerful story about idealism, passion, and sacrifice, Eat the Document shifts between the underground movement of the 1970s and the echoes and consequences of that movement in the 1990s. A National Book Award finalist, Eat the Document is a riveting portrait of two eras and one of the most provocative and compelling novels of recent years.Product Details
Price
$17.00
Publisher
Scribner Book Company
Publish Date
November 28, 2006
Pages
290
Dimensions
5.2 X 7.9 X 0.7 inches | 0.5 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780743273008
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About the Author
Dana Spiotta is the author of Innocents and Others; Stone Arabia, A National Books Critics Circle Award finalist; and Eat the Document, a finalist for the National Book Award. Spiotta is a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the Rome Prize for Literature. She lives in Syracuse, New York.
Reviews
Spiotta's writing brims with energy and intelligence."
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Infused with subtle wit...singularly powerful and provocative...Spiotta has a wonderful ironic sensibility, juxtaposing '70s fervor with '90s expediency."
-- The Boston Globe
"Scintillating...Spiotta creates a mesmerizing portrait of radicalism's decline."
-- The Seattle Times
"Stunning...a glittering book that possesses the staccato ferocity of Joan Didion and the historical resonance and razzle-dazzle language of Don DeLillo."
-- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
-- The New York Times Book Review
"Infused with subtle wit...singularly powerful and provocative...Spiotta has a wonderful ironic sensibility, juxtaposing '70s fervor with '90s expediency."
-- The Boston Globe
"Scintillating...Spiotta creates a mesmerizing portrait of radicalism's decline."
-- The Seattle Times
"Stunning...a glittering book that possesses the staccato ferocity of Joan Didion and the historical resonance and razzle-dazzle language of Don DeLillo."
-- Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times