Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace
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 AtlanticBinding Type: HardcoverAuthor: David Foster WallacePublisher: Little Brown and CompanyPublished: 02/01/1996ISBN: 9780316920049Pages: 1088Weight: 3.19lbsSize: 9.51h x 6.31w x 2.03dReview Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/1995 pg. 1666Publishers Weekly 11/27/1995 pg. 50Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 146New York Times 03/03/1996 pg. 8New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 34NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1996 pg. 80Time 12/04/2006 pg. 120Vanity Fair 02/01/2010 pg. 50
Book Title
Infinite Jest
ISBN
9780316920049
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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 02/01/1996
ISBN: 9780316920049
Pages: 1088
Weight: 3.19lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.31w x 2.03d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/1995 pg. 1666
Publishers Weekly 11/27/1995 pg. 50
Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 146
New York Times 03/03/1996 pg. 8
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 34
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1996 pg. 80
Time 12/04/2006 pg. 120
Vanity Fair 02/01/2010 pg. 50
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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 02/01/1996
ISBN: 9780316920049
Pages: 1088
Weight: 3.19lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.31w x 2.03d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/1995 pg. 1666
Publishers Weekly 11/27/1995 pg. 50
Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 146
New York Times 03/03/1996 pg. 8
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 34
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1996 pg. 80
Time 12/04/2006 pg. 120
Vanity Fair 02/01/2010 pg. 50
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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 02/01/1996
ISBN: 9780316920049
Pages: 1088
Weight: 3.19lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.31w x 2.03d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/1995 pg. 1666
Publishers Weekly 11/27/1995 pg. 50
Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 146
New York Times 03/03/1996 pg. 8
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 34
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1996 pg. 80
Time 12/04/2006 pg. 120
Vanity Fair 02/01/2010 pg. 50
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
Binding Type: Hardcover
Author: David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 02/01/1996
ISBN: 9780316920049
Pages: 1088
Weight: 3.19lbs
Size: 9.51h x 6.31w x 2.03d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 12/01/1995 pg. 1666
Publishers Weekly 11/27/1995 pg. 50
Library Journal 01/01/1996 pg. 146
New York Times 03/03/1996 pg. 8
New York Times 06/16/1996 pg. 34
NY Times Notable Bks of Year 01/01/1996 pg. 80
Time 12/04/2006 pg. 120
Vanity Fair 02/01/2010 pg. 50