'The Eyes and the Impossible' is a new novel from author, editor and publisher Dave Eggers. It's told from the point of view of a wild 'unkept' dog who lives in and monitors a park.
In any urban park, you might notice a few wild animals — a squirrel here, a duck there, or some evidence of raccoons — but have you ever imagined a vast network of wild animals coexisting under the radar at your favorite park? And what happens when all the animals conspire together to plan something really big?Eggers is the author of many books — fiction, children's literature, short stories and memoir — and is the founder of McSweeney's, a long-running, award-winning print literary...
"For me, writing about a tech dystopia, I needed a break and a pivot and I needed a palette cleanser," he said."This is really the most fun you can have as a writer — is to write from this point of view where you're just unencumbered by a lot of laws, logic, of linearity, of human rules of expression."
Together, driven by their love for each other and for their utmost respect and admiration for the concept of freedom and what it means to be wild, the animals of the park set out to accomplish something seemingly impossible and unfathomably — almost heartbreakingly — generous. 826 Valencia's working storefront also famously houses a pirate-themed shop — partly creating a retail space for zoning purposes, but also taking the edge and formality out of tutoring."So the kids all come in, there's no stigma, there's no power, there's no nothing. It's a neutral space for kids that want to work on their writing," Eggers said.
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