Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace

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Publish Year
1996
Type
Book
Publication Name
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ISBN
9780316920049
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316920045
ISBN-13
9780316920049
eBay Product ID (ePID)
115190

Product Key Features

Edition
1
Book Title
Infinite Jest : a Novel
Number of Pages
1088 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Sports, Humorous / General
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Author
David Foster Wallace
Format
Hardcover

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

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LCCN
95-030619
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.083
Synopsis
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., 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 Number
PS3573.A425635I54

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  • by karengeorgelarson
    02 Aug, 2016

    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.

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: NewSold by: targetstores

  • by eyestones
    05 Oct, 2021

    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

  • by cran-hayde
    06 Apr, 2018

    Great

    Best book on planet right now

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    17 Feb, 2021

    Infinite Jest

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    18 Mar, 2024

    Great

    It’s a great novel. Fits today as the day it was written.

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