As the novel unfolds, various individuals, organizations, and governments vie to obtain the master copy of infinite jest for their own ends, and the denizens of the tennis school and the halfway house are caught up in increasingly desperate efforts to control the movie as is a cast including burglars, transvestite muggers, scam artists. Infinite jest first edition signed david foster wallace. In a sprawling, wild, superhyped magnum opus, david foster wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novel the broom of the system. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup 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. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers to be better than the print version. One of the most unpleasant people i ever knew adored infinite jestjust loved it. A novel by wallace, david foster and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. When you buy the audio edition of ij, you get the novel sans footnotes. Booktopia buy signed copies books online from australias leading online bookstore.
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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. Infinite jest is a cult book that became a phenomenon right from its publication day in 1996. Multiple copies of audiobooks in latest i apple community. I cant recommend the purchase of the what at first appears to be the amazing ive heard good things about the audio. You can still order a signed copy through the web store. Absolutely, for the novice to this type of literary fiction, i cannot tell you how many times i have started and given up on the actual book.
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My copy of the book is sawn in three, abused, with smudges of food across its pages, from when i couldnt stop. This is absolutely my favorite book and im sorely tempted to open it, even though i know that will hurt the collectibility of it. How can i copy an audio book cd to mp3 so i can listen with. Protagonist in david foster wallaces infinite jest. Infinite jest is simultaneously david foster wallaces magnum opus of his genius and his last kissoff before his suicide at age fortysix. 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. Signatures instantly turn ordinary books into collectibles, and offer a new way to connect to favorite authors. However, a major ingredient of the infinite jest experience is that you dont know anything about what is going on in advance vide. Would you consider the audio edition of infinite jest. Once, he lifted the book to his lips, and kissed it. A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything the new york times somewhere in the notsodistant future the residents of ennet house, a boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby enfield tennis academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of infinite jest, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and.
Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book. Today, i turned the last page of infinite jest, around a week late for my deadline. Apr 12, 2012 why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest i guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point. However, we have a handful that increased in value so quickly we must move them to our collectors corner. Later, the audiobook publishing company hired the narrator back to just read the footnotes, which you need to buy as a separate title. Infinite summer blog archive how to read infinite jest. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Unquestionably, infinite jest required great ambition and focus to write, and requires a bit of ambition and focus to read as well. Infinite jest is more or less evenly split between the story of the incandenza family, dysfunctional proprietors of a tennis academy, and that of the residents of a halfway house for addicts. Infinite jest by david foster wallace, first edition. We have an extensive range of audio books to choose from.
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