| Description |
x, 356 pages ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 311-343) and index. |
| Summary |
In this, the first biography of the writer David Foster Wallace, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace's tormented, anguished and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest. Since his untimely death by suicide at the age of forty-six in 2008, Wallace has become more than the quintessential writer for his time--he has become a symbol of sincerity and honesty in an inauthentic age. In the end, as Max shows us, what is most interesting about Wallace is not just what he wrote but how he taught us all to live. Written with the cooperation of Wallace's family and friends and with access to hundreds of his unpublished letters, manuscripts, and audio tapes, this portrait of an extraordinarily gifted writer is as fresh as news, as intimate as a love note, as painful as a goodbye. |
| Subject |
Wallace, David Foster.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780670025923 hardback $27.95 |
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0670025925 hardback |
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