To sum up: children's book, movie, young adult book. Overview NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this visionary adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic work, the bestselling author of The Circle is brilliant at portraying the exuberance and chaos of a young boy’s mind and heart (San Francisco Chronicle). So in a way the movie is more Spike's version of Maurice's book, and this novel is more my version. What are you, like a rabbit or something?"Įggers explains how the idea for the book came about in an associated interview.īut while I was working on the book, it was funny, because I started going in new directions, different from any of the screenplay versions, pushing it into some territory that was personal to me.
Gary never seemed to say anything that meant anything at all. This was one of Gary's typical questions: Another day, huh? How goes it? No play for the playa, right? None of his questions had answers. Max gritted his teeth and let out a low, simmering growl. Max left the room and found Gary lying on the couch in his work clothes, his frog eyes closed, his chin entirely receded into his neck. Written by Jonze and Dave Eggers, it is based on Maurice Sendak s 1963 childrens book of the same name.
The New Yorker published an excerpt of the book this week. Dave Eggers, (born March 12, 1970, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Where the Wild Things Are is a 2009 fantasy adventure drama film directed by Spike Jonze.
Dave Eggers has written a young adult novel called The Wild Things that is based loosely on Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are and the screenplay he co-wrote with Spike Jonze for the movie version.
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