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We felt that it was important to make infinite jest accessible in the audio format as soon as we were able, and are gratified to find that there is an audience that has been waiting for. You start the book having no clue when it is happening and who the various characters are. The novel touches on the topics of tennis, substance addiction and recovery. Steven asin infinite jest is the perfect book for the kindle paperwhite. David foster wallaces love of language revealed by the books in his personal library.
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American author david foster wallace sat down with michael. Jun 29, 2009 thousands of socially networked bibliophiles have pledged to tackle david foster wallace s infinite jest over three months this summer, endnotes and all, as part of the infinite summerchallenge. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take. Thousands of socially networked bibliophiles have pledged to tackle david foster wallaces infinite jest over three months this summer, endnotes and all, as part of the infinite. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and. David foster wallace february 21, 1962 september 12, 2008 was an american novelist, short story writer, essayist, and professor of english and creative writing. Steve lisstime life picturesgetty images 1 infinite jest is set in a near future in which the gregorian calendar has been supplanted by a sponsorship arrangement. Infinite jest infinite jest audiobook, by david foster wallace. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and. Jul 11, 2016 after twenty years, david foster wallaces grand overture on humans and addiction, infinite jest, has only become more powerful. Infinite jest first edition signed david foster wallace. Infinite jest audiobook published march 1st 2012 by findaway world preloaded digital audio player, audiobook, 56 pages. There is stuff that happens in the opening pages that explains events at the end of the book, albeit over pages and hundreds of footnotes away. Feb 15, 2016 t he first of february saw the 20th anniversary of a work considered by many to have changed the rules of fiction.
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David foster wallace 19622008 was the new york times bestselling author of infinite jest, the broom of the system, and girl with curious hair. Wallace is widely known for his 1996 novel infinite jest, which was cited by time magazine as one of the 100 best englishlanguage novels from 1923 t. David foster wallace was born in ithaca, new york, in 1962 and raised in illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. His nonfiction includes consider the lobster, a supposedly fun thing ill never do again, everything and more, and this is water. This is a cold room in university administration, woodwalled, remingtonhung, doublewindowed against the november heat, insulated from administrative sounds by the reception. Buy infinite jest 01 by foster wallace, david isbn. Steve lisstime life picturesgetty images 1 infinite jest is set in a near future in which the gregorian calendar has been supplanted by a sponsorship. The surprise is that this mindstunner may capture the imagination of a new generation of readers.
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