| Infinite Jest -20th Anniversa Edition Contributor(s): Wallace, David Foster (Author), Bissell, Tom (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0316306053 ISBN-13: 9780316306058 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $20.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2006934927 |
| Physical Information: 1.9" H x 5.8" W x 9.1" (2.45 lbs) 1104 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This deluxe paperback edition -- featuring flaps, new cover art, and a new foreword by Tom Bissell -- celebrates the 20th anniversary of the original publication of Infinite Jest. 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. |