A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments
The author of Infinite Jest and Girl with Curious Hair turns his fierce curiosity and sharp, ironic sense of humor to nonfiction in his collection of musings on a wide range of topics, including the meaning of state fairs. 320 pp. Author readings. Print ads. 25,000 print.
The author of Infinite Jest and Girl with Curious Hair turns his fierce curiosity and sharp, ironic sense of humor to nonfiction in his collection of musings on a wide range of topics, including the meaning of state fairs. 320 pp. Author readings. Print ads. 25,000 print.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780316090520 (0316090522)
Publish date: November 23rd 2009
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Pages no: 378
Edition language: English
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First, I find the topics to be very enlightening w/r/t (hah, stole that from DFW) Infinite Jest (which I did enjoy when I read it a few years ago). Second, I wanted to make the global comment that I enjoy reading DFW in large part because his work is just as impressive as someone like Martin Amis, ...
he picked up a book. he read the book. it was him all over. the best version of himself! and the worst.what is postmodernism, really? is it a way to understand the world, to define the world, to separate yourself from the world... when you are actually a part of that world? a part of the so-called p...
I read Infinite Jest a few months ago, my first written by David Foster Wallace, and came to really enjoy his writing, as well as the story itself. After I read this book, I came to really enjoy the man himself. This book is a collection of essays ranging over a variety of topics, including tennis...
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