A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments by David Foster WallaceRequirements: .PDF reader, 470 KBOverview: In this exuberantly praised book — a collection of seven pieces on subjects ranging from television to tennis, from the Illinois State Fair to the films of David Lynch, from postmodern literary theory to the supposed […]
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life by David Foster WallaceRequirements: .ePUB, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 482 KBOverview: Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the […]
Both Flesh and Not by David Foster WallaceRequirements: .ePUB reader, 2 MBOverview: Both Flesh and Not gathers fifteen of Wallace’s seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time. Never has Wallace’s seemingly endless curiosity been more evident than in this compilation of work spanning nearly 20 years of writing. Here, Wallace turns […]
Understanding David Foster Wallace (Understanding Contemporary American Literature), Revised and Expanded Edition by Marshall BoswellRequirements: .ePUB reader, 1.0 MBOverview: Since its publication in 2003, Understanding David Foster Wallace has served as an accessible introduction to the rich array of themes and formal innovations that have made Wallace’s fiction so popular and influential. A seminal text […]
The Broom of the System by David Foster Wallace Requirements: .MP3 reader, 396 mbOverview: At the center of The Broom of the System is the betwitching (and also bewildered) heroine, Lenore Stonecipher Beadsman. The year is 1990 and the place is a slightly altered Cleveland, Ohio, which sits on the edge of a suburban wasteland-the […]