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Infinite Jest Wallace, David Foster

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ISBN
9780316920049
Book Title
Infinite Jest : a Novel
Item Length
9.6in
Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Publication Year
1996
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
2.2in
Author
David Foster Wallace
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Classics, Literary, Humorous / General, Sports
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
50.7 Oz
Number of Pages
1088 Pages

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A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do.

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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316920045
ISBN-13
9780316920049
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115190

Product Key Features

Book Title
Infinite Jest : a Novel
Author
David Foster Wallace
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Humorous / General, Sports
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
1088 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.6in
Item Height
2.2in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
50.7 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ps3573.A425635i54
Edition Number
1
Copyright Date
1996
Lccn
95-030619
Dewey Decimal
813/.083
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22

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  • big literary fun

    One of the truly most enjoyable novels I've ever read. Yes, it's challenging; yes, it's dense; yes, it has over a hundred pages of small-type endnotes... Did any of this detract from my enjoyment of the book? Nope. In fact, it may have added to it. Aside from being a 'difficult read', though, it's also funny, poignant, compassionate, entertaining, insightful, satirical, prescient, and intelligent as all hell. One thing I will say, however, if that this book isn't for everyone. If you are the type of reader who wants easy answers, or for that matter an actual ending, this is probably not for you. The satisfaction of this book lies in the page by page savoring of it, not its conclusion (which is brilliant, IMO, but just not if you are expecting the usual).

  • This is the most important book of the late 20th and early 21st century.

    Read this book! Think.Then do it again. It is not a story. It almost isn't even a book at all - it virtually has a heart, lungs and a brain of its own - because its concerns extend far beyond anything that can be expected of the medium. If you could put the entire contemporary world between two covers it would closely resemble this book. The early critical reviews focus on humor but that sells the book short. It is funny, but is also sad, manic, cruel, and honest. You need 3 bookmarks to read this. One for the footnotes, one for page 223, and one for the page you are currently on. If this book is too confusing, try Brief Interviews with Hideous Men or the Girl with Curious Hair to get a feel for Wallace's authorial "voice". To me, this is the most interesting thing about his work, and ...

  • heavy reading

    every sentence is amazing, DFW was too wise maybe. he couldn't cope with all his awarenesss of being in this world. I admire him and am sorry he is gone.

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  • great book

    Great book, but the shipping cost and added tax, added another $25,00 to the purchase which I consider gouging. I wanted to return the book, but was arbitrarily prevented from doing so

    Verified purchase: YesSold by: djc1910

  • bought this book for my husband

    He wanted it because he enjoys the author and saw the book on the show weeds. he loves it. I bought this book online because it was a hard cover, given it was such a thick book (with tiny print!!) i wanted it sturdy. I could not find hard cover at borders.