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1997•353 pages•Published•ENG•User Reviews

A supposedly fun thing I'll never do again

3.7/ 5
15 ratings

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A collection of stories from David Foster Wallace is occasion to celebrate. These stories -- which have been prominently serialized in Harper's, Esquire, the Paris Review, and elsewhere -- explore intensely immediate states of mind, with the attention to voice and the extraordinary creative daring that have won Wallace his reputation as one of the most talented fiction writer of his generation.Among the stories are "The Depressed Person", a dazzling portrayal of a woman's mental state; "Adult World", which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men", a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque.

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First Published

1997

Pages

353 pages

Rating

3.7 / 5

Ratings

15

Editions

4

Publisher

Back Bay Books

Language

ENG

Status

Published

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