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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.083 EAN: 9780316066525 ISBN: 0316066524 Label: Back Bay Books Manufacturer: Back Bay Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 1104 Publication Date: November 13, 2006 Publisher: Back Bay Books Studio: Back Bay Books Sales Rank: 588 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In a sprawling, wild, super-hyped magnum opus, David Foster Wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novelThe Broom of the System.Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves. Amazon.com Review: In a sprawling, wild, super-hyped magnum opus, David Foster Wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novel The Broom of the System. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of American culture - our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our pleasures, our abilities to define ourselves. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - This Emperor Has No ClothesI just finished laboring through Infinite Jest, and have to say that this may well be the most incoherent, unsatisfying novel I've ever read. In short doses, it's intriguing, but the sheer length (about 1,000 pages, and boy do I pity the editor) would suggest that there would be some degree of resolution by the end of this arduous journey. But there isn't. The book starts with an interesting set of scenes (a top-ranked tennis player getting rejected at the University of Arizona after ... Read More Rating:  - This is how God WritesBrilliance--pure and simple, being qualifications of brilliance--or rather, the qualifications of the qualification of brilliance, as in anyone can see this novel is a product of brilliance--not the novel, which is dirty and complex and: BRILLIANT. This is how God writes. You could swear this book had at least three authors as its motley of characters communicate with a detailed affectation that seems impossible to foster in a single individual. Please note: I resisted the urge to parenthetically state ... Read More Rating:  - Infinitely illiterateInfinite Jest Save yourself the trouble, do not buy, borrow, or worst of all, attempt to read this book. It is a rambling, prolix, repetitive outpouring of techno-babble, with an invented universe of characters of no interest, sentences too long to unravel (even the author seems to forget to match subject with far-distant predicate on occasions), and an invisible plot. I borrowed the book, determined with my characteristic tenacity to wade through at least the first 100 of its almost 1000 ... Read More Rating: - Infinite LossEvery word is hilarious including the prepositions. So much to love. So much to grieve. Rating: - A Masterpiece That Has No PeersDon't let its length or erudition on subjects such as competitive tennis, pharmacology, AA, Quebecquois separatist groups and a game called Eschaton put you off. Ignore the reviews by people who think Wallace's fiction is accessible only to academics and literary pros. Great literature is for everyone, and Infinite Jest is great. Its multi-faceted story and spectacular language are the work of a master. And unlike some of its imitations, Infinite Jest is both profound and funny. A caveat: this ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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