Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. People also ask

   Who is David Foster Wallace in Infinite Jest?

   • Explanations of Infinite Jest 's symbols, and tracking of where they appear. An interactive data visualization of Infinite Jest 's plot and themes. David Foster Wallace was the child of two professors who grew up in Illinois. Like several of the characters in Infinite Jest, he was a competitive junior tennis player.

   Infinite Jest Study Guide | Literature Guide | LitCharts

   www.litcharts.com/lit/infinite-jest

   See all results for this question

   When was Infinite Jest written?

   • U.S. First Edition, February 1, 1996 Infinite Jest (1996) is a novel written by David Foster Wallace. The lengthy and complex work takes place in a semi-parodic future version of North America.

   Infinite Jest - David Foster Wallace Wiki : Infinite Jest

   infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/index.php?title=Infinite_Jest

   See all results for this question

   Was Infinite Jest a good book?

   • In 2008, A. O. Scott called Infinite Jest an "enormous, zeitgeist-gobbling novel that set his generation's benchmark for literary ambition" and Wallace "the best mind of his generation". James Wood has said that he regrets his negative review: "I wish I'd slowed down a bit more with David Foster Wallace."

   Infinite Jest - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest

   See all results for this question

   What was Wallace's working title for Infinite Jest?

   • Wallace's working title for Infinite Jest was A Failed Entertainment. In the novel's future world, the United States, Canada, and Mexico together compose a unified North American superstate known as the Organization of North American Nations, or O.N.A.N. (an allusion to onanism ).

   Infinite Jest - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_Jest

   See all results for this question

2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Infinite_JestInfinite Jest - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Infinite_Jest

   • Cached

   Infinite Jest is a 1996 novel by American writer David Foster Wallace. Categorized as an encyclopedic novel, Infinite Jest is featured in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005.

   • Author: David Foster Wallace
   • Pages: 1,079

   • Publish Year: 1996
   • Publication date: February 1, 1996

3. www.amazon.com › Infinite-Jest-David-FosterInfinite Jest: Wallace, David Foster: 9780316066525: Amazon ...

   www.amazon.com › Infinite-Jest-David-Foster

   • Cached

   Nov 13, 2006 · 4.4 5,648 ratings. See all formats and editions. A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why ...

   • 4.4/5
   • Author: David Foster Wallace

   • Price: $17.59
   • Brand: Back Bay Books

4. Videos

   • 

     29:29

     youtube.com

     David Foster Wallace interview on "Infinite Jest" with Leonard Lopate (03/1996)

     Dec 13, 2018

     218.9K Views

   • 

     4:14

     youtube.com

     David Foster Wallace: The future of fiction in the information age

     Sep 19, 2010

     596.1K Views

   • 

     12:17

     youtube.com

     David Foster Wallace on "Infinite Jest's" Difficulty

     Jan 19, 2024

     2K Views

   View all

5. www.goodreads.com › book › showInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace | Goodreads

   www.goodreads.com › book › show

   • Cached

   Feb 1, 1996 · David Foster Wallace. 4.25. 92,121 ratings11,265 reviews. A gargantuan, mind-altering tragi-comedy about the Pursuit of Happiness in America. Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family to come along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what ...

   • 4.3/5 (92K)

   • Format: Paperback

6. www.litcharts.com › lit › infinite-jestInfinite Jest Study Guide | Literature Guide | LitCharts

   www.litcharts.com › lit › infinite-jest

   • Cached

   Welcome to the LitCharts study guide on David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest. Created by the original team behind SparkNotes, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. Infinite Jest: Introduction. A concise biography of David Foster Wallace plus historical and literary context for Infinite Jest. Infinite Jest: Plot Summary.

7. www.theguardian.com › books › 2016Infinite Jest at 20: 20 things you need to know | David ...

   www.theguardian.com › books › 2016

   • Cached

   Feb 26, 2016 · Infinite Jest at 20: 20 things you need to know. The beloved 1,100-page novel is David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus and one of the most influential books of its time, but did you know...

8. Images

   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 
   • 

   View all

9. www.nytimes.com › 2016/02/07 › booksEverything About Everything: David Foster Wallace’s ‘Infinite ...

   www.nytimes.com › 2016/02/07 › books

   Feb 1, 2016 · 246. Oliver Munday. By Tom Bissell. Feb. 1, 2016. [On this week’s Inside The New York Times Book Review podcast, Tom Bissell and the editor Michael Pietsch discuss “Infinite Jest.”] Something...

10. infinitejest.wallacewiki.com › david-fosterInfinite Jest - David Foster Wallace Wiki : Infinite Jest

    infinitejest.wallacewiki.com › david-foster

    • Cached

    Oct 18, 2015 · ISBN 0-316-92004-5. Infinite Jest (1996) is a novel written by David Foster Wallace. The lengthy and complex work takes place in a semi-parodic future version of North America. The novel touches on the topics of tennis; substance addiction and recovery programs; depression; child abuse; family relationships; advertising and popular ...