Description: Both Flesh and Not by David Foster Wallace A compilation of fifteen of Wallaces seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction writings by "one of Americas most daring and talented writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review): Both Flesh and Not gathers fifteen of Wallaces seminal essays, all published in book form for the first time. Never has Wallaces seemingly endless curiosity been more evident than in this compilation of work spanning nearly 20 years of writing. Here, Wallace turns his critical eye with equal enthusiasm toward Roger Federer and Jorge Luis Borges; Terminator 2 and The Best of the Prose Poem; the nature of being a fiction writer and the quandary of defining the essay; the best underappreciated novels and the English languages most irksome misused words; and much more. Both Flesh and Not restores Wallaces essays as originally written, and it includes a selection from his personal vocabulary list, an assembly of unusual words and definitions. Author Biography David Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 and raised in Illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and English from Amherst College and wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis. He received a masters of fine arts from University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. His second novel, Infinite Jest, was published in 1996. Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College, and published the story collections Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion, the essay collections A Supposedly Fun Thing Ill Never Do Again, and Consider the Lobster. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers Award, and was appointed to the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. He died in 2008. His last novel, The Pale King, was published in 2011. Review "A novelist with the industrial-strength intellectual chops to theorize even our resolutely anti-intellectual age....Wallaces ear for dialogue was unmatched in contemporary fiction."--Lev Grossman, Time"A prose magician, Mr. Wallace was capable of writing...about subjects from tennis to politics to lobsters, from the horrors of drug withdrawal to the small terrors of life aboard a luxury cruise ship, with humor and fervor and verve. At his best he could write funny, write sad, write sardonic and write serious. He could map the infinite and infinitesimal, the mythic and mundane. He could conjure up an absurd future...while conveying the inroads the absurd has already made in a country where old television shows are a national touchstone and asinine advertisements wallpaper our lives."--Michiko Kakutani, New York Times"One of the most influential writers of his generation."--Timothy Williams, New York Times"Scarily astute. . . . Published originally between 1988 and 2007, these essays demonstrate Wallaces interdisciplinary approach to both pop culture and abstruse academic discourse...For Wallace devotees, these essays are required reading."--Booklist"The Best Mind of His Generation"--A.O. Scott, New York TimesPraise for Both Flesh and Not: Review Quote "The Best Mind of His Generation" Details ISBN0316182389 Author David Foster Wallace Short Title BOTH FLESH & NOT Publisher Back Bay Books Language English ISBN-10 0316182389 ISBN-13 9780316182386 Media Book Format Paperback Residence CA, US Birth 1962 Death 2008 Pages 336 DEWEY 813.54 Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-11-19 Imprint Back Bay Books Subtitle Essays Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2013-11-19 NZ Release Date 2013-11-19 US Release Date 2013-11-19 UK Release Date 2013-11-19 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:77332141;
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