Where is my mission? Where are my bunkers and trenches, my goddamn Gallipoli?
I recently read Dave Eggers’ You Shall Know Our Velocity! and thought I would recommend it to you all (especially anyone in their 20s-30s). I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius a couple years ago and adored it, and this one is no different. Eggers has a way of making the mundane sound epic, and really grabbing hold of something inside of you that touches on the human condition in such a way that is more personal than any other author I have read before. He rambles a lot when he writes, but it all ties together somehow. He’s quite possibly my favorite fiction writer (followed closely by Vonnegut, of course). The book is about two friends who decide to travel the world in one week, giving away money to people they meet on their journey. The two friends are coping with the death of another close friend and it’s a very moving story, with lots of humor thrown in.
I still need to read What is the What by Eggers, plus he has a new non-fiction book out this week called Zeitoun about a Syrian-American trying to survive the aftermath of hurricane Katrina. You can also check out his writing in Away We Go which is Sam Mendes’ new film (playing at Moxie Cinema right now!) and he also wrote the script for the upcoming film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are which also happens to be my most-anticipated film of the year.
