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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis A

内容简介

AninstantclassicofAmericansportswriting—thetennisessaysofDavidFosterWallace，“thebestmindofhisgeneration”(A.O.Scott)and“thebesttennis-writerofalltime”(NewYorkTimes)Bothaonetime"near-greatjuniortennisplayer"andalifelongconnoisseurofthefinerpointsofthegame，DavidFosterWallacewroteabouttenniswiththeauthorityofaninsider，theshowmanshipofaliterarypyrotechnician，anddisarmingadmirationofanirrepressiblefan.IncludinghismasterfulprofilesofRogerFedererandTracyAustin，StringTheorygathersWallace'sfivefamousessaysontennis，piecesthathavebeenhailedbysportswritersandliterarycriticsalikeassomeofthegreatestandmostinnovativemagazinewritinginrecentmemory.WhitingAward-winningjournalistJohnJeremiahSullivanprovidesanintroduction.

作者简介

DavidFosterWallace(1962–2008)wasborninIthaca,NewYork,in1962andraisedinChampaign-Urbana,Illinois,whereinhisteenshewasaregionallyrankedjuniortennisplayer.HisworksincludeInfiniteJest,GirlwithCuriousHair,BriefInterviewswithHideousMen,Oblivion,ASupposedlyFunThingI’llNeverDoAgain,andConsidertheLobster.Hisfinalnovel,ThePaleKing,wasposthumouslypublishedin2011.JohnJeremiahSullivanisoneofAmerica’sleadingpractitionersofthelong-formmagazineprofile,withworkappearinginTheNewYorkTimesMagazine(whereheisastaffwriter),Harper’s(ofwhichheisacontributingeditor),TheNewYorker,NewYork,OxfordAmerican,GQ,andothermagazines.HeistheauthorofBloodHorses:NotesofSportswriter’sSonandPulphead.,,,

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