David Foster Wallace - Libros y biografía

« C’est l’histoire de deux jeunes poissons qui nagent ensemble. Ils rencontrent un poisson plus vieux qui nage en sens inverse. Le vieux poisson leur fait un signe de tête et dit : "Salut, les gars. L’eau...

A collection of insightful and uproariously funny non-fiction by the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST - one of the most acclaimed and adventurous writers of our time. A SUPPOSEDLY FUN THING... brings...

Is John McCain "For Real?" That's the question David Foster Wallace set out to explore when he first climbed aboard Senator McCain's campaign caravan in February 2000. It was a moment when Mccain was...

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,...

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....

A ficção trata do que é ser uma p*rr@ de um ser humano, afirma David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) — romancista, ensaísta, ironista e mago da vertiginosa autoconsciência —, em um momento de suas investigações...

These widely acclaimed essays from the author of Infinite Jest -- on television, tennis, cruise ships, and more -- established David Foster Wallace as one of the preeminent essayists of his generation....

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...

Remarkable, hilarious, and unsettling re-imaginations of reality by "a dynamic writer of extraordinary talent" (New York Times Book Review).David Foster Wallace was one of America's most prodigiously...

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...

This celebrated collection of essays from the author of Infinite Jest is "brilliantly entertaining...Consider the Lobster proves once more why Wallace should be regarded as this generation's best comic...

Une femme solitaire et déprimée lutte contre la maladie avec l’aide d’un thérapeute, d’une poignée d’amis proches et d’antidépresseurs. Dans cette nouvelle issue du recueil Brefs entretiens avec des hommes...

Deux enfants sont abandonnés sur une aire d’autoroute. Des années plus tard, sur le plateau du célèbre jeu télévisé Jeopardy, une jeune fille enchaîne les victoires. Issue du recueil La FIlle aux cheveux...

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike's deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow...

Traduit de l'anglais (États-Unis) par Francis Kerline L'Amérique, dans un futur proche. Les U.S.A., le Canada et le Mexique ont formé une fédération surpuissante, et la Société du Spectacle a gagné :...

A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian and as serious as it is possible to be without accidentally writing a religious text. He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to...

David Foster Wallace è ritenuto la voce più originale e rilevante della letteratura americana degli ultimi vent’anni; è celebre per il suo romanzo-fiume Infinite Jest, i racconti e i reportage narrativi,...

Cambridge, 1989. David Foster Wallace et son ami de fac Mark Costello découvrent qu’ils partagent le même enthousiasme « un peu inconfortable, quelque peu furtif, et très distinctement blanc » pour le...

David Foster Wallace and Mark Costello's exuberant exploration of rap music and culture. Living together in Cambridge in 1989, David Foster Wallace and longtime friend Mark Costello discovered that they...