Infinite jest by david foster wallace booksamillion. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and. Infinite jest is a 1996 novel by american writer david foster wallace. With this book clocking in at 55 hours, endurance was the name of the game and boy do i need to work on my. Underline words you want to look up later or, if you are reading the e. Since its such a long book, i think listening is the best option along with reading the endnotes separately since its not included in audio.
To those who readlistened to infinite jest on audible. Infinite jest david foster wallace audiobook online. A lot of the hardcore wallace fans were shocked and appalled, pratt says. I remembered seeing this author in interviews and wanting to dive in this book. The novel is widely noted for its unconventional narrative structure and its experimental use of endnotes there are 388 endnotes, some with footnotes of their own. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book was the title of a post published on the howling fantods, the largest wallace resource site on the internet, about the lack of endnotes. I guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 17 youtube.
Thousands of socially networked bibliophiles have pledged to tackle david foster wallaces infinite jest over three months this summer. To fully understand what wallace was up to, the book bears being read, and reread, with talmudic focus and devotion. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right to your. David foster wallaces infinite jest is an audiobook. The novel infinite jest is the story of this addictive entertainment, and in particular how it affects a boston halfway house for recovering addicts and a nearby tennis academy, whose students have many budding addictions of their own.
The new movie the end of the tour recreates the authors tour for that book. In 1996, wallaces novel infinite jest was a critical and popular success. Beyond the ease with which one can lookup footnotes, consider the following. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The audio book club on david foster wallaces infinite jest. The novel is widely noted for its unconventional narrative structure and its experimental use of endnotes there are 388 endnotes. When the book was first published in 1996, the audio version wasnt available and to be.
Infinite jest, david foster wallace 1996 audio book read by sean pratt. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book. Infinite jest, david foster wallace 1996 audio book read by. With infinite jest, at 1079 pages long, give it at least 107 pages before ditching it. Topics infinite collection opensource language english. When someone recommends you read this book, ask them how much. Colleen leahy and makini allwood are climbing the literary mountain of a book, and sharing their experience on. The way the footnotes were handled in infinite jest was that they werent. I received an email earlier today from a reader who had excitedly received their unabridged audio book of infinite jest only to discover that in. David foster wallace is the author of infinite jest, the broom of the system, and girl with curious hair. Not certain if this is the right place for this, let me know if theres another place to post something like this. Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace at. Audiobook hd audio david foster wallace infinite jest 17.
The audiobook i listened to this month was infinite jest by david foster wallace. Part of what makes this publication hard are generous undefined phrases deliberately. When i was asking my friends on what i should read next, they suggested infinite jest by david foster wallace. David foster wallaces masterpiece infinite jest is famously difficult to read.
With endnotes added, the infinite jest audiobook nears 70 hours. Steven asin infinite jest is the perfect book for the kindle paperwhite. Infinite jest is a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. Rethinking david foster wallace to the best of our knowledge. Later, the audiobook publishing company hired the narrator. Get 50% off this audiobook at the audiobooksnow online audio book store and download or stream it right. Infinite jest is both sad, depressed and funny and even 25 years after it was published in 1994 remains relevant to the modern age. I cant recommend the purchase of the what at first appears to be the amazing ive heard. Reading david foster wallaces latest novel, infinite jest, i couldnt help thinking at times about 7yearold seymour glasss booklength letter home from camp, published in the new. Infinite jest david foster wallace audio book torrent free download, 2866. Later, the audiobook publishing company hired the narrator back to just read the footnotes, which you need to buy as a separate title. On march 27, hachette audio released david foster wallaces magnum opus infinite jest most of it, at least as a 56hourlong audiobook. Mac, and then use the save or download command to save the audio file to your hard drive.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book was the title. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers by david foster wallace. When you buy the audio edition of ij, you get the novel sans footnotes. Infinite jest a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in. David foster wallaces infinite jest is an audiobook, minus. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest. Infinite jest, a friend of wallaces commented to me when i was researching every love story is a ghost story, the biography of wallace that i wrote, reads like a valentine to a. David foster wallaces infinite jest is a novel known for its length and difficulty, its portraits of addiction and recovery and its many, many footnotes. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 17. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite jest. This book is wandering, selfindulgent, overwritten, and gives ample evidence that the academics and literati are captivated by the deranged workings of a damaged mind wallace struggled with addictions. Infinite jest, in other words, can be exceedingly frustrating.
Imma throw a few readings of infinite jest at you and see what you think. An audio book of infinite jest is not an audio book of infinite jest without audio endnotes. Infinite jest audiobook endnotes on the way infinite jest readers might recall some of the concerns and criticisms last month about the release of the lack of recorded end notes in the. The footnotes were not incorporated into the main text at all. These are the endnotes to david foster wallaces infinite jest, a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. It is an exuberant, uniquely american exploration of the passions that make us human and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a. Buy infinite jest 01 by foster wallace, david isbn. In fact, its take on the very nature of entertainment itself perhaps foresaw the age of vanity and social media, as seen through the prisms of tinder, facebook, twitter and instagram. Our critics dissect david foster wallaces epic novel. When the book was first published in 1996, the audio version wasnt available and to be honest, i was having too much fun in the 90s to be reading. I cant help but quote rob from over at goodreads, that is like reading finnegans wake and not including the words that make no sense. Reading infinite jest 20 years on books podcast twenty years after david foster wallaces magnum opus was first published it continues to delight and astonish. Its long and thick, and when you couple that with the density of the prose and the complexity of how dfw.
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