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David foster wallace february 21, 1962 september 12, 2008 was an american author of novels, short stories and essays, as well as a university professor of english and creative writing. Feb 26, 2016 12 if you think infinite jest at 1,100odd pages is a long book, be advised that it started longer. The depressed person by david foster wallace 1998 pdf. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and english from amherst college and wrote what would become his first novel, the broom of the system, as his senior english thesis. How easy is it to flip to the footnotes and back again in the kindle version. Infinite jest by david foster wallace pdf free download. These tributes were given on 23 october, 2008 at the skirball center for the performing arts, new york university, and are reproduced here with the kind. Feb 23, 2012 we started the week expecting to publish one david foster wallace post. Matt bucher is the admin of the david foster wallace listserv, wallacel, and the cohost of the great concavity, a podcast about wallace. A close to near fine copy with a former owners bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper in fine first issue dust jacket with william vollmanns name misspelled vollman on. Jan 19, 2016 infinite jest is a 1996 novel by david foster wallace. David foster wallace, who took his own life in september 2008 at the age of fortysix, has widely been recognized as one of the most significant american writers of his generation. Free download or read online the broom of the system pdf epub book. Infinite jest by david foster wallace, first edition abebooks.
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The first edition of the novel was published in february 1st 1996, and was written by david foster wallace. The lengthy and complex work takes place in a north american dystopia, centering on a junior tennis academy and a nearby substanceabuse. David foster wallace was the child of two professors who grew up in illinois. In may, 2014 the first annual david foster wallace conference was hosted by the illinois state university department of english. Oct 19, 2016 david foster wallace also had an annoying habit of sprinkling nonstandard or at least obscure acronyms throughout his writing. These tributes were given on 23 october, 2008 at the skirball. Infinite jest in the age of addiction the millions. Infinite jest study guide from litcharts the creators of. The first edition of the novel was published in 1987, and was written by david foster wallace. Infinite jest by david foster wallace overdrive rakuten. Infinite jest by david foster wallace pdf free download ebook. All orders are custom made and most ship worldwide within 24 hours. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, infinite jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. He was a joint major in english and philosophy at amherst college, and his senior honors thesis for english became his first novel, the broom in the system, which was published in 1987, the same year he graduated from the mfa.
Infinite jest by david foster wallace, 9780349121086, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. David foster wallace was born in ithaca, new york, in 1962 and raised in illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. Infinite jest page by page david foster wallace wiki. And, for this second time, i chose to use the infinite jest wiki page to help me out with the many odd words that are used.
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