David Foster Wallace

A collection of David Foster Wallace’s witty and deeply observant essays exploring everything from lobster festivals and politics to the nature of human suffering, from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest. "brilliantly entertaining...Consider the Lobster proves once more why Wallace should...

The 30th anniversary edition of the virtuosic, wickedly comic modern classic about the pursuit of happiness in America, with a new foreword written and read by Michelle Zauner, author of the New York Times bestselling sensation Crying in H Mart. “To my mind, there have been two great American...

A collection of recordings featuring David Foster Wallace reading his work and discussing literature, writing, and life, offering an intimate glimpse into his brilliant, curious, and often self-deprecating mind through his own voice. Collected here for the first time are the stories and speeches...

NAMED A BEST NONFICTION BOOK BY SLATE AND TIME A collection of seven witty and incisive essays that examine the absurdities of 1990’s American culture, consumerism, and entertainment through the uniquely funny, philosophical, and relentlessly observant perspective of David Foster Wallace...

A PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST A hilarious, fearless, and original story about IRS employees confronting boredom, bureaucracy, and the strange difficulty of paying attention in everyday life, from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest. "breathtakingly brilliant" —New York Times The agents at the...

In the stories that make up Oblivion, David Foster Wallace joins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite involutions of self-consciousness — a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his. These are worlds undreamt of by any other mind. Only David Foster Wallace could convey a...

From the author of Infinite Jest and Consider the Lobster: a collection of five brilliant essays on tennis, from the author's own experience as a junior player to his celebrated profile of Roger Federer at the peak of his powers. A "long-time rabid fan of tennis," and a regionally ranked tennis...

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at...

A collection of David Foster Wallace’s witty and deeply observant essays exploring everything from lobster festivals and politics to the nature of human suffering, from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest. "brilliantly entertaining...Consider the Lobster proves once more why Wallace should...

In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at...

"A gripping guide to the modern taming of the infinite." —New York Times Part history, part philosophy, part love letter to the study of mathematics, Everything and More is an illuminating tour of infinity. With his infectious curiosity and trademark verbal pyrotechnics, David Foster Wallace...

Where do you begin with a writer as original and brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here -- with a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling...

In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises...

Fifteen brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected nonfiction seminal essays and nonfiction pieces by bestselling author David Foster Wallace that explores tennis, literature, philosophy, and popular culture with his signature blend of intellectual depth, humor, and relentless curiosity. "one...

A sharp, satirical examination of John McCain’s 2000 presidential campaign that explores the tension between political authenticity, media spectacle, and the American public’s desire for an honest leader, from the bestselling author of Infinite Jest. Is John McCain “for real?”. That's...

This Is Water: Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience! * Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in...

Un arriesgado triunfo del maestro de la narrativa inteligente. David Foster Wallace reinventa una vez más el arte de la ficción. Los ocho relatos que componen Extinción forman un universo surrealista en el que conviven la realidad más prosaica con delirantes espirales de la conciencia humana....

En cuerpo y en lo otro reúne quince ensayos inéditos en España que ponen de manifiesto la inagotable curiosidad y la tremenda versatilidad lingüística del autor de La broma infinita....

Este artículo es una de las radiografías más agudas e irreverentes de la cultura americana de fin de siglo, en la que se entremezclan la familiaridad, el asombro y una mordacidad descabellada....

Esilaranti e sulfurei, questi nove racconti aprono uno squarcio sulla vita americana, mettendone a nudo il sentimento di un'epoca. Con...