Oblivion: Stories
Stories
$25.64
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
26 September 2005
Summary
A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian… He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as ‘modern fiction’. He’s so modern he’s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him.
- Zadie Smith
A recognised master of form and a brilliant recorder of human behaviour, David Foster Wallace has been hailed as ‘the most significant writer of his generation’ (TLS). Each new boo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349116495 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349116490 |
| Author: | David Foster Wallace |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 26 September 2005 |
| Weight: | 232g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 22mm |
| Series: | Abacus |
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A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian … He’s so modern he’s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him - Zadie Smith
The heir apparent to Thomas Pynchon - Douglas Kennedy, THE TIMESDavid Foster Wallace comes with a high reputation to live up to, and in these superbly written stories, he does … there is a strong element of jokiness in these tales, but it is a deadpan, cumulative humour, not satire of the stand aloof, easily mocking variety … Here he has shown once again that his is a major and entirely distinct talent - SUNDAY TELEGRAPHWith the exception of Don DeLillo, no writer better depicts the crushing effect of the information age on the soul. His strangely dignified characters fight desperately to maintain sovereignty over their inner lives against the onslaught of high technolo - Stephen Amidon, SUNDAY TIMESAbout The Author
David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, the Lannan Award for Fiction, the Paris Review’s Aga Kahn Prize and John Train Prize for Humour, and the O. Henry Award. He died in September 2008.
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