A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Essays and Arguments Tag: Author of Infinite JestFull Description
A collection of stories from David Foster Wallace is occasion to celebrate. These stories -- which have been prominently serialized in Harper's, Esquire, the Paris Review, and elsewhere -- explore intensely immediate states of mind, with the attention to voice and the extraordinary creative daring that have won Wallace his reputation as one of the most talented fiction writer of his generation.Among the stories are "The Depressed Person", a dazzling portrayal of a woman's mental state; "Adult World", which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men", a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque.
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Critical Praise
"Mr. Wallace's distinctive and infectious style, an acrobatic cartwheeling between high intellectual discourse and vernacular insouciance, makes him tremendously entertaining to read, whatever his subject." -Laura Miller, New York Times Book Review
"A heady, often hilarious tour of American diversions....A remarkably talented, fluid, and arresting young voice." -Alex Abramovich, Entertainment Weekly
"He's the real thing....Beneath the fun and the verbal high jinks, there is a passionate and deeply serious writer at work." -Brigitte Frase, San Francisco Chronicle
"As funny and brilliant as any nonfiction book in recent memory." -John Glassie, Time Out New York
- Category:
- FICTION, HUMOR
- Format:
- TRADE PAPERBACK
- Publish Date:
- 2/2/1998
- Price:
- $14.99/$18.99
- ISBN:
- 9780316925280
- Pages:
- 368
- Size:
- 6" x 9-1/4"
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