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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.083
EAN: 9780316066525
ISBN: 0316066524
Label: Back Bay Books
Manufacturer: Back Bay Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 1104
Publication Date: November 13, 2006
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Sales Rank: 444
Studio: Back Bay Books
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In a sprawling, wild, super-hyped magnum opus, David Foster Wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novelThe Broom of the System.Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.
Amazon.com Review:
In a sprawling, wild, super-hyped magnum opus, David Foster Wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novel The Broom of the System. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves.
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- This is how God WritesBrilliance--pure and simple, being qualifications of brilliance--or rather, the qualifications of the qualification of brilliance, as in anyone can see this novel is a product of brilliance--not the novel, which is dirty and complex and: BRILLIANT. This is how God writes. You could swear this book had at least three authors as its motley of characters communicate with a detailed affectation that seems impossible to foster in a single individual. Please note: I resisted the urge to parenthetically ... Read More
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- Infinitely illiterateInfinite Jest
Save yourself the trouble, do not buy, borrow, or worst of all, attempt to read this book.
It is a rambling, prolix, repetitive outpouring of techno-babble, with an invented universe of characters of no interest, sentences too long to unravel (even the author seems to forget to match subject with far-distant predicate on occasions), and an invisible plot.
I borrowed the book, determined with my characteristic tenacity to wade through at least the first 100 of its almost ... Read More
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- Infinite LossEvery word is hilarious including the prepositions. So much to love. So much to grieve.
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- A Masterpiece That Has No PeersDon't let its length or erudition on subjects such as competitive tennis, pharmacology, AA, Quebecquois separatist groups and a game called Eschaton put you off. Ignore the reviews by people who think Wallace's fiction is accessible only to academics and literary pros. Great literature is for everyone, and Infinite Jest is great. Its multi-faceted story and spectacular language are the work of a master. And unlike some of its imitations, Infinite Jest is both profound and funny.
A caveat: ... Read More
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- Hysterically sad and tragically funnyI'm a big fan of David Foster Wallace, a once-in-a-generation artist who, unfortunately for the rest of us, recently committed suicide. His death hit me surprisingly hard, considering I'd never met the man. As a personal tribute, I picked up his masterpiece again for a third read.
It's a sprawling work of genius, hysterically sad and tragically funny, about the pursuit of happiness and the difficulties of communication. Set in a near future world where the years are corporate-sponsored and America ... Read More
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