2270375138<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><Products TotalProducts="0" ><Product ProductID="31429-73" ProductName="Dave Eggers - The Wild Things" VendorID="31429" VendorName="Allday" VendorSupportEmail="ledsin2010@gmail.com" VendorHomepageURL="http://www.allday.ru" USDPrice="4.05" EuroPrice="" GBPPrice="" AUDPrice="" CADPrice="" CategoryID="471" CategoryName="Software::eBooks" ShortDesc="Dave Eggers - The Wild Things - ebook in PDF format" LongDesc="Maurice Sendak&apos;s spare picture book has captured the hearts of readers for more than four decades. Critics were split, however, on whether Eggers&apos;s novel will enjoy the same long-lasting popularity. Its greatest appeal may stem from Eggers&apos;s ability to convey both the sense of wonder and the dark uncertainty that make up a typical childhood, though a few reviewers disagreed. The Times, for example, called Max&apos;s outbursts an appalling symbol of &quot;contemporary brattish America.&quot; The Washington Post simply wished that authors would develop their own material (critics mentioned Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as a horrific literary crime, not for the first time). Overall, younger readers may find much to enjoy here, but children and adults alike should start with the original. 

In Eggers novel, adapted from Spike Jonzes film of Maurice Sendaks Where the Wild Things Are, Max is a robust, self-reliant boy who acts out in response to his parents divorce. After some particularly epic mischief, he runs away, finds a boat, and sails it to a land where large, destructive beasts are willing to recognize him as their kingbut Max, as it turns out, is not a particularly good king. There are many pleasant surprises here, from the personalities of the wild things to the dreamlike particulars of their world. But it doesnt feel like an organically grown story. Whether because of this books unique origins, or Eggers execution, or even the familiarity of the picture book, the drama here, unfortunately, comes less from Maxs adventures than from our interest in seeing how Eggers has managed the adaptation. Where Sendaks book contains multitudes in a dozen sentences, Eggers uses nearly 300 pages to tease out a number of ideas, and his book still feels too long. Billed as an all-ages novel, The Wild Things feels too grown-up for most children and too childlike for most grown-ups. Its association with the movie may boost sales, but the book seems unlikely to last long in the popular imagination." TrialURL="" DirectPurchaseURL="https://www.regnow.com/softsell/nph-softsell.cgi?item=31429-73&amp;affiliate=457962" Platform1="Windows 95/98/ME" Platform2="Windows NT/2000" Boxshot="http://regnow.img.digitalriver.com/vendor/31429/Dave_Eggers_-_The_Wild_Things.jpg" Screenshot="http://regnow.img.digitalriver.com/vendor/31429/Dave_Eggers_-_The_Wild_Things.jpg" Icon="http://regnow.img.digitalriver.com/vendor/31429/none assigned" Banner125x125="" Banner468x60="" Banner120x90="" Banner728x90="" Banner300x250="" Banner392x72="" Banner234x60="" Banner120x240="" Banner120x60="" Banner88x31="" OtherImg1="" OtherImg2="" OtherImg3="" TextLink1="" TextLink2="" TextLink3="" PromoText="" EncodingCharSet="UTF-8" Commission="10%" Add_Date="30-DEC-10" FileSize="" VendorContactEmail="ledsin2010@gmail.com" AllowAffiliates="1" Disabled="0" CertificationStatus="D" ShortDesc80="PDF: 108 pages
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