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When the book was first published in 1996, the audio version wasnt available and to be honest, i was having too much fun in the 90s to be reading. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace, narrated by sean pratt. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup 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. 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. David foster wallaces infinite jest is an audiobook, minus. Mar 01, 2019 david foster wallace infinite jest audiobook free. The novel is widely noted for its unconventional narrative structure and its experimental use of endnotes there are a total of 388 endnotes, some with footnotes of their own. David foster wallace audiobooks download instantly today. As a college english major, ive read my fair share of great literature, and very few authors even approach wallaces ability to entertain, enlighten, mystify or infuriate. It is, in my opinion, a satirical comedy that pokes fun. Matt bucher is the admin of the david foster wallace listserv, wallacel, and the cohost of the great concavity, a podcast about wallace. Something like this happened to david foster wallace when he sat for an interview with larry mccaffery, for the summer 1993 issue of the.
The elements that are here should be easily identifiable by information which will be attached to the mp3s. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a. We are deeply honored to be the audio publisher of david foster wallace s works, and are keenly aware of the great responsibility that attends the privilege. David foster wallace 19622008 was the new york times bestselling author of infinite jest, the broom of the system, and girl with curious hair.
These are the endnotes to david foster wallaces infinite jest, a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. The first edition of the novel was published in february 1st 1996, and was written by david foster wallace. It is designed as a resource for potential readers who fear infinite jest is plotless. David foster wallace s infinite jest, is, without question, the best book ive ever read. There is stuff that happens in the opening pages that explains events at the end of the book, albeit over pages and hundreds of footnotes away. Not even malcolm lowrys under the volcano succeeds in conveying the utter desperation and helplessness of the chronic alcoholic to such a degree as david foster wallace does in infinite jest. David foster wallaces humor is my taste of comedy, but his story about addiction and depression is profound. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite jest. Wallace had a a rather morbid sense of humor and is often extremely funny in a dark sort of here here. It is an exuberant, uniquely american exploration of the passions that make us human and one of those rare books that renew the. This event took place six years after foster wallace took his own life and eighteen years following the first printing of infinite jest. Feb 01, 1996 admittedly, infinite jest is a tough book. As a college english major, ive read my fair share of great literature, and very few authors even approach wallace s ability to entertain, enlighten, mystify or infuriate. Ive read many books on addictions and how they overcame their problem by taking the steps, and even though the story of infinite jest is fictional, the characters seems to be more realistic with their addictions and depressions.
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By turns descriptive and digressive, definitive and satiric, the notes are an important part of david foster wallaces work. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy. David foster wallace was born in ithaca, new york, in 1962 and raised in illinois. You start the book having no clue when it is happening and who the various characters are. Infinite jest is a 1996 novel by american writer david foster wallace. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest. Aug 25, 2015 narrating infinite jest i dont think my stuffs meant to be read out loud, david foster wallace told an interviewer in 1997, a year after his novel infinite jest was published. David foster wallace s humor is my taste of comedy, but his story about addiction and depression is profound.