内容简介
Dolobstersfeelpain?DidFranzKafkahaveafunnybone?WhatisJohnUpdike'sdeal,anyway?Andwhathappenswhenadultvideostarletsmeettheirfansinperson?DavidFosterWallaceanswersthesequestionsandmoreinessaysthatarealsoenthrallingnarrativeadventures.Whethercoveringthethree-ringcircusofaviciouspresidentialrace,plungingintothewarsbetweendictionarywriters,orconfrontingtheWorld'sLargestLobsterCookerattheannualMaineLobsterFestival,WallaceprojectsaqualityofthoughtthatisuniquelyhisandavoiceaspowerfulanddistinctasanyinAmericanletters.
作者简介
BorninIthaca,NY,andraisedinChampaign,IL,DavidFosterWallacegrewupathleticallygiftedandexceptionallybright,withanavidinterestintennis,literature,philosophy,andmath.HeattendedAmherstandgraduatedin1985withadoublemajorinEnglishandPhilosophy.Hisphilosophythesis(onmodallogic)wontheGailKennedyMemorialPrize.HisEnglishthesiswouldbecomehisfirstnovel,TheBroomoftheSystem.Publishedin1987duringhissecondyearofgradschoolattheUniversityofArizona,thebooksoldwell,garneringnationalattentionandcriticalpraiseinequalmeasure.Twoyearslater,abookofshortstories,GirlwithCuriousHair,waspublishedtoadmiringreviews.Intheearly1990s,Wallace'sshortfictionbegantoappearregularlyinpublicationslikePlayboy,TheParisReview,andTheNewYorker,alongwithexcerptsfromhissecondnovel,acomplex,enormouslyambitiousworkpublishedin1996asInfiniteJest.Surpassing1,000pagesinlength,thenovelwashailedasamasterpiece("[A]nentertainmentsoirresistiblypleasurableitrenderstheviewercatatonic,"ravedNewsweek."[R]esourceful,hilarious,intelligent,andunique,"pronouncedAtlanticMonthly),andWallacewascrownedonthespotthenewheavyweightchampionofliteraryfiction.Hyperboleaside,InfiniteJest,withitslinguisticacrobatics(challengingcomplexclauses,coinedwords,etc.)andsly,self-referentialfootnotes,provedtobethetemplateforanewliterarystyle.Subversive,hip,andteemingwithpostmodernistirony,thebookattractedarabidcultfollowingandexertedaninfluenceonup-and-comingyoungwritersthatisstillfelttoday.ThescopeofWallace'sachievementcanbemeasuredbythefactthatoneyearafterthepublicationofInfiniteJest,hewasawardedtheMacArthurFoundation"GeniusGrant."
