David Foster Wallace

Entrevistas breves con hombres repulsivos/ Brief interviews with repulsive men

David Foster Wallace

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REVIEW OF CONTEMPORARY FICTION - SPRING 2008 NUMBER 1: New Catalan Fiction

David Foster Wallace; John O'Brien

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David Foster Wallace; Caoimhin Mac Giolla Leith; Paul Oliver

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Consider the Lobster: and Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

A collection of essays by the award-winning author of Infinite Jest shares whimsical and biting observations about such topics as the Bush-Kerry presidential race, the pain experienced by lobsters while they are being prepared for the feast, and Franz Kafka's questionable sense of humor. Reprint.

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Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays

David Foster Wallace

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Entrevistas Breves Con Hombres Repulsivos/ Brief Interview With Obnoxious Mens

David Foster Wallace

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David Foster Wallace

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Everything and More: A Compact History of

David Foster Wallace

The award-winning author of Infinite Jest considers the paradoxical nature of infinity, considering whether or not it is mathematically plausible or just an abstract concept, and examining the work of Georg Cantor as it contributed to the development of set theory, analytic philosophy, and computer technology.

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La Nina Del Pelo Raro

David Foster Wallace

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Brief Interviews With Hideous Men

David Foster Wallace

Twentytwo stories tell of a frightened boy frozen on a diving board, a depressed woman trying to find help, and a group of men who try to rationalize their relationships with women.

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Other editions: Hardcover - 2000, Hardcover - 1999, 1999

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Best of Playboy Fiction

David Foster Wallace; T. C. Boyle; John Collier; Joyce Carol Oates; Billy Crystal

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A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments

David Foster Wallace

"A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" brings together Wallace's musings on a wide range of topics, form his early days as a nationally ranked tennis player to his trip on a commercial cruse liner. In each of these essays, Wallace's observations are as keen as they are funny. In "A Ticket to the Fair," a finalist for a 1995 National Magazine Award, Wallace visits a state fair, where he gorges himself on corn dogs, gawks at baton twirlers, admires the sheep and pig barns, and experiences the true meaning of this all-American institution. Filled with hilarious details and invigorating analyses, these essays brilliantly expose the fault line in our culture and once again reveal David Foster Wallace's extraordinary talent and gargantuan intellect.

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Infinite Jest: A Novel

David Foster Wallace

Infinite Jest is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch it. People die happily, viewing it in endless repetition. The novel Infinite Jest is the story of this addictive entertainment, and in particular how it affects a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts and a nearby tennis academy, whose students have many budding addictions of their own. As the novel unfolds, various individuals, organizations, and governments vie to obtain the master copy of Infinite Jest for their own ends, and the denizens of the tennis school and the halfway house are caught up in increasingly desperate efforts to control the movie - as is a cast including burglars, transvestite muggers, scam artists, medical professionals, pro football stars, bookies, drug addicts both active and recovering, film students, political assassins, and one of the most endearingly messed-up families ever captured in a novel. On this outrageous frame hangs an exploration of essential questions about what entertainment is, and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment interacts with our need to connect with other humans; 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. The huge cast and multilevel narrative serve a story that accelerates to a breathtaking, heartbreaking, unforgettable conclusion. It is an exuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that make us human - and one of those rare books that renew the very idea of what a novelcan do.

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The Broom of the System

David Foster Wallace

The mysterious disappearance of her great-grandmother and 25 other elderly inmates from a nursing home has left Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman emotionally stranded on the edge of the Great Ohio Desert. But that is simply one problem of many for the hapless switchboard operator--compounded by her ongoing affair with her boss, the impending TV stardom of her talking cockatiel, and similar small catastrophes that threaten to elevate Lenore's search for love and self-determination to new heights of spasmodic weirdness.

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Other editions: Softcover - 1993, Hardcover - 1987, Softcover - 1987

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Open City 5

David Foster Wallace; Mary Gaitkill

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Signifying Rappers: Rap and Race in the Urban Present

David Foster Wallace; Mark Costello

The author of "Infinite Jest" and his co-writer discuss rap and popular culture, power, money, racial politics, and language in the first book to seriously consider rap and its position as a vital force in American culture. "Brilliantly written . . . (with) great wit, insight, and in-your-face energy".--"Review of Contemporary Fiction".

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Other editions: Softcover - 1990

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Grand Street 55: Egos

David Foster Wallace; Kenzaburo Oe; Dennis Hopper; Adrienne Kennedy; Edward Kienholz

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Girl With Curious Hair

David Foster Wallace

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