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David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest: a reader's guide by Stephen Burn

David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest: a reader's guide Stephen Burn ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
ISBN: 082641477X, 9780826414779
Page: 100

Dine instead on this tiny, bite-sized knowledge . The Blagger's Guide to David Foster Wallace. As I said For me I think David Foster Wallace has the ability to take something like substance addiction , recovery programs, depression, abuse, death, relationships, popular entertainment and even tennis and look at it in a very careful way. Now join endurance bibliophiles from around the web as we tackle and comment upon David Foster Wallace's masterwork over the summer of 2009," we are cajoled by the persuasive people at Infinite Summer. I am not, in general, a fan of reader's guides. You will need to keep notes and it might even be a good idea to get a study guide because this book will take you on a very interesting ride. Regardless of obvious connections and even direct references between authors, comparing different texts typically hinges on some sort of assumption, either on authorial intent or an individual reader's supposed reactions and responses to the text. * [new] Now those are my favorite parts (5+ / 0-). * [new] the addiction parts were my favorite (4+ / 0-). Up until 2009 I wasn't much of a reader; in fact I didn't read much in my life at all. * [new] I need a Reader's Guide to Infinite Jest (0+ / 0-). The Infinite Jest Read Thru, Part 1. By Blake Butler 5 months ago Tags: david foster wallace, literary, books, dead people, Blake Butler, the pale king, DT Max, infinite jest. Fifteen years after "Infinite Jest" was first published, and three years after I interviewed author David Foster Wallace shortly before his suicide, I've finally decided to finish his most-acclaimed novel. Column by Cath Murphy October 4, 2012 5 comments Do you want to hold your own when the conversation turns to this modern literary hero, but develop indigestion at the prospect of consuming Infinite Jest's 1097 pages? [new] Infinite Jest-David Foster Wallace (7+ / 0-). I like that his unconventional prose slows down the experienced reader and makes them truly process the meanings for themselves. I have been avoiding writing about David Foster Wallace since he killed himself in September 2008.