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David Foster Wallace's Infinite jest: a reader's guide Stephen Burn
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group

9, 2009), a.k.a here are a lot of links to David Foster Wallace that help us feel even more connected to the man and the work he left behind. Howard urged him to keep in mind 'the physics of reading'—or, as Wallace came to understand the phrase, 'a whole set of readers' values and tolerances and capacities and patience-levels to take into account when the gritty business of writing . They include Iain Banks' The Wasp Factory, Nelson Mandela's A Long Walk to Freedom and David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. MostlyFiction Book Reviews » INFINITE JEST by David Foster WallaceEarly on, in that regard, Preparing for Infinite Jest : Reader ;s Companions and Guides - The . David Foster Wallace is probably not the best literary companion for fieldwork in the Amazon. But there's something else these covers do, which is evident in the little grey box top-left of each one: they say far too much. What distinguishes this essay, and most of Wallace's great ones, is not just his argumentative force or illustrative style; he captures the meaning and impact of experiences so well that it inspires readers to think more about their own lives. So was Jack Kerouac, who called him Dusty, and so are generations of readers, who, like actor/writer Stephen Fry, put him foremost among those great writers who were “not to be bowed down before and worshipped, but embraced and Enter David Foster Wallace. And I'm not just talking about the brick-like girth and serious heft of Infinite Jest. How to read Infinite Jest - KottkeA few weeks ago, I wrote the foreword for Infinite Summer, a summer-long collective read of Infinite Jest , David Foster Wallace ;s big-ass novel and one of my favorite books . Tagged: a supposedly fun thing I'll never do again, david foster wallace, fyodor dostoevsky, generalizations of otherwise idiosyncratic preferences, Great Writers, in memoriam, Infinite Jest, ripping off david foster wallace, .. Each book has an illustrated cover and there are enough intruiging new jackets that will no doubt attract new readers and prompt some of those who already know the texts to think about reading them again.