What Is the What writes: "Over the course of many years, Dave and I have collaborated to tell my story... I told [him] what I knew and what I could remember, and from that material he created this work of art." The book is typical of Eggers' style: blending non-fictional and fictional elements into a non-fiction novel or memoir. By classifying the book a novel, Eggers says, he freed himself to re-create conversations, streamline complex relationships, add relevant detail and manipulate time and space in helpful ways—all while maintaining the essential truthfulness of the storytelling. However, not all critics were impressed. Lee Siegel sees
The Rainbow and the Rose The Rainbow and the Rose The Rainbow and the Rose is a novel by Nevil Shute. It was first published in England in 1958 by William Heinemann. The title is taken from a sonnet "The Treasure" by Rupert Brooke, which is quoted in full as a preface: <poem>When colour goes home into the eyes, With dancing girls and sweet birds' cries And that no-place which gave them birth, shall close The rainbow and the rose:— Still may Time hold some golden space Of song and flower and sky and face, Musing upon them; as a mother, who Has watched her