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21 Feb 1962–12 Sep 2008
Also known as David F. Wallace, Foster David Wallace, Wallace David Foster, DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, Wallace David Fos, Wallace, David Foster, 1962-2008., 大衛·福斯特·華萊士, 大衛·福斯特·華萊斯, Wallace, David Foster, Wallace, D. F., וואלאס, דיוויד פוסטר, 1962-2008, Уоллес, Д. Ф. 1962-2008 Дэвид Фостер, 大卫·福斯特·华莱士, D. F. Wallace, David Wallace, دايفيد والاس, Дейвид Фостър Уолъс, Дэвід Фостэр Уоллес, دیوید فاستر والاس, דייוויד פוסטר וולאס, Foster Wallace, דיוויד פוסטר וואלאס, デヴィッド・フォスター・ウォレス, Դեյվիդ Ֆոսթեր, דיוויד פוסטר וולאס, デイヴィッド・フォスター・ウォーレス, 데이비드 포스터 월리스, ਡੇਵਿਡ ਫਾਸਟਰ ਵਾਲਸ, Уоллис, Дэвид Фостер, Уоллес, Дэвид Фостер, Дэвид Фостер Уоллес, დევიდ ფოსტერ უოლესი, Девід Фостер Воллес, Девід Фостер Уоллес, 大衛科士打華萊士, DAVID WALLACE, Wallace David Forster, David Foster (Editor) Wallace
American novelist, short-story writer, and essayist whose dense works provide a dark, often satirical analysis of American culture
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Readers in conversation
Public notes, reviews, lists, and conversations around David Foster Wallace.
…efore but it's intentionally dull and is about the virtues of managing boredom. @Infinite Jest is about addiction, entertainment, and distraction so it's both that book's opposite and a companion piece. The best way I can describe my…
First of all, I purchased an edition with extra notes from DFW at the end and they reveal that this is much more unfinished than I thought, so it feels unfair to speak on its quality in a concrete sense. Contrary to things I've read, I am pretty sure thatThe…
Nobody else was for sure going to see me or treat me the way I wanted to be seen, so it was my job to make sure to see myself and treat myself like I was really worthwhile.
The only way you can be mean to yourself is if you deep down expect somebody else is going to gallop up and save you, which is a child's fantasy.
…nd I feel those that defuse this earnestness with irony or humor––e.g. DFW with @Infinite Jest, Bolaño with 2666, which are often compared to BoJ––are more palatable. It probably also helps that these two novels are at least set somew…
If you’ve never read a book where the author seems to wish to abuse the reader, I would start with Infinite Jest. With about a hundred characters, both important and peripheral, and an index the reader must reference to grasp the totality of a world that take…
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