Infinite Jest : A Novel by David Foster Wallace (1996, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316920045
ISBN-139780316920049
eBay Product ID (ePID)115190

Product Key Features

Edition1
Book TitleInfinite Jest : a Novel
Number of Pages1088 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, Literary, Humorous / General, Sports
Publication Year1996
GenreFiction
AuthorDavid Foster Wallace
FormatHardcover

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Item Height2.2 in
Item Weight50.8 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN95-030619
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal813/.083
SynopsisA 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., 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. "The next step in fiction...Edgy, accurate, and darkly witty...Think Beckett, think Pynchon, think Gaddis. Think." -- Sven Birkerts, The Atlantic
LC Classification NumberPS3573.A425635I54

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    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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