Infinite Jest, Paperback
Descriere
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up 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; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. 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.
Despre autor
David Foster Wallace a fost un scriitor și profesor american, care a publicat romane, povestiri și eseuri. Este cel mai bine cunoscut pentru al doilea roman, Infinite Jest (1996). În 2008, David Ulin a scris în Los Angeles Times că Wallace a fost „unul dintre cei mai influenți și inovatori scriitori din ultimii douăzeci de ani”.
