Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest i guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point. There are some great links to video and audio in part 2. You are nothing if not someone reading infinite jest. David foster wallace, sean pratt, brown book group. 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 novel can do. Thinking about giving it a shot but dont want to waste the money if its just as hard to follow as read. Eggerss introduction observed that infinite jest was 1,067 pages long and there is not one lazy sentence.
Whats the deal with the names of years in infinite jest. Unquestionably, infinite jest required great ambition and focus to write, and requires a bit of ambition and focus to read as well. Nov 25, 2017 audiobook hd audio david foster wallace infinite jest 17. The infinite atlas project is an independent research and art project seeking to identify, place and describe every possible location in david foster wallaces infinite jest. 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. You start the book having no clue when it is happening and who the various characters are. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers, david foster wallace. Wallace wrote to a friend that the fuckers cut by 600 pages from the first version. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite jest. There is stuff that happens in the opening pages that explains events at the end of the book, albeit over pages and hundreds of footnotes away. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 2 7 duration. Some early listeners have been disappointed that the novels endnotes are currently available only in text form, to be read. But if you are seeking something other, then this book will not disappoint. In infinite jest, david foster wallace wrote that within the reality of the book, videophones enjoyed enormous initial popularity but then after a few months, most people gave it up.
Today, i turned the last page of infinite jest, around a week late for my deadline. In the real world, best known in the name of the nonmusic version of compact discs cdrom. There are some great links to video and audio in part 2 below. Infinite jest the kind of book that, when it is mentioned, creates a hushed silence of mingled awe and fear in the room. When i was asking my friends on what i should read next, they suggested infinite jest by david foster wallace. If one of your reading resolutions is to finally finish infinite jest, david foster wallaces mammoth novel, im here to help. 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 come along in recent fiction, infinite jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it. A brick of a tome of a journey of a boy and his harried growth in spurts of tennisfueled tragedy. My copy of the book is sawn in three, abused, with smudges of food across its pages, from when i couldnt stop.
I finished the book early one morning, before the kids were awake. The book is drumtight and relentlessly smart and, though it does not wear its heart on its. The government needed money to cover its ludicrous new spending projects and drew inspiration from the corporate sponsorship of the bowl championship series. Infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace, read by. While i cant read the book not even the end notes for you, i. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace, narrated by sean pratt.
Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, infinite jest bends every rule of fiction, features a huge cast and multilevel narrative, and questions essential elements of american culture our entertainments, our addictions, our relationships, our. The way the footnotes were handled in infinite jest was that they werent. Dec 29, 2012 i just finished infinite jest, and i have questions. Natures nightmare interview part 2 critical analysis. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace. Infinite jest is both sad, depressed and funny and even 25 years after it was published in 1994 remains relevant to the modern age. Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace at. His nonfiction includes the essay collections consider the lobster and a supposedly fun thing ill never do again, and the fulllength work everything and more. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book was the title of a post.
Reading infinite jest after a year on the wagon paste. David foster wallace interview on infinite jest with leonard lopate. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest. 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. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in recent fiction, the novel explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to dominate our lives, about how our desire for entertainment affects. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Steven asin infinite jest is the perfect book for the kindle paperwhite. How to pretend youve read david foster wallaces infinite. David foster wallace wrote the acclaimed novels infinite jest and the broom of the system and the story collections oblivion, brief interviews with hideous men, and girl with curious hair. Infinite jest by david foster wallace librarything. In 2006, little brown published a 10th anniversary edition of david foster wallaces infinite jest that featured a foreword by dave eggers. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in recent fiction, the novel explores essential questions about.
Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in recent fiction, infinite jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives. Feb 01, 1996 admittedly, infinite jest is a tough book. Natures nightmare interview part 2 critical analysis if you missed part one yesterday make sure you read it first here part 1 before natures nightmare. Apr 12, 2012 why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest i guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point. In a sprawling, wild, superhyped magnum opus, david foster wallace fulfills the promise of his precocious novel the broom of the system. David foster wallace audio books, best sellers, author bio. Mac, and then use the save or download command to save the audio file to your hard drive. We felt that it was important to make infinite jest accessible in the audio format as soon as we were able, and are gratified to find that there is an audience that has been waiting for just this occasion. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. You can also do 1 and 2 above with the actual text and notes in front of you. Feb 04, 2016 if one of your reading resolutions is to finally finish infinite jest, david foster wallaces mammoth novel, im here to help. I absolutely adore this man and his work and i tried my best to do a proper. Later, the audiobook publishing company hired the narrator back to just read the footnotes, which you need to buy as a separate title.
Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 17 youtube. I count infinite jest as one of the books that ive started to read, but never. Written by david foster wallace, narrated by sean pratt. The recently announced iphone 4 includes a feature called facetime. I normally dont enjoy overly complicated, tedious listens, and infinite jest seems overly complicated and tedious in the beginning, but once you get into the audiobook, its not. I cant recommend the purchase of the what at first appears to be the amazing ive heard good things about the audio. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite. Infinite jest is a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. Infinite jest goes on to the screen books the guardian. The audiobook is in three parts, with part three just being the notes. Audiobook hd audio david foster wallace infinite jest 17. The footnotes were not incorporated into the main text at all.
Jun 29, 2009 thousands of socially networked bibliophiles have pledged to tackle david foster wallaces infinite jest over three months this summer, endnotes and all, as part of the infinite summerchallenge. Apr 03, 2011 i read pages 110 of infinite jest and talk about great first lines in novels. But wallace never finished the bookindeed, couldnt figure out how to weight its different ambitions. Our critics dissect david foster wallaces epic novel. Heres how i finally read infinite jest and how you can, too. Start a free 30day trial today and get your first audiobook. Cdroms were becoming a popular way to distribute software and preinternet computerized encyclopedias and atlases when infinite jest was written, and even then it was predicted that dvdroms or some other videodata disk would eventually supplant them. I remembered seeing this author in interviews and wanting to dive in this book.
Infinite jest is a 1996 novel by american writer david foster wallace. It is an exuberant, uniquely american exploration of the passions that make us human and one of those rare books that renews the very idea of what a novel can do. Infinite jest audiobook david foster wallace audible. Apr 26, 2017 this is a reading of an excerpt of the book infinite jest by the late david foster wallace, my favorite author. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 27 youtube. Mar 12, 2020 equal part philosophical quest, romantic adventure, and screwball comedy, infinite jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. Mar 27, 2012 equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, infinite jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. Infinite jest is a genuinely groundbreaking novel of language. I felt compelled throughout to read it aloud, such was the almost poetic quality of it. When you buy the audio edition of ij, you get the novel sans footnotes. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. 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 infinite jest i guess.
Mar 10, 20 its explained in the book via a film made by mario. Buy infinite jest 01 by foster wallace, david isbn. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 27. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book. The audio book club on david foster wallaces infinite jest. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace 9781609418120. Incandenza is the star of wallaces seminal novel infinite jest the 1,000page book centres on the missing master copy of his film of the same name, so. Infinite jest by david foster wallace free download. These are the endnotes to david foster wallaces infinite jest, a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. Aug 25, 2015 what its like to record the audiobook version of infinite jest. Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace available from rakuten kobo. Part of what makes this publication hard are generous undefined phrases deliberately. Beyond the ease with which one can lookup footnotes, consider the following. How to pretend youve read david foster wallaces infinite jest. Feb 15, 2016 today, i turned the last page of infinite jest, around a week late for my deadline. Once hailed as a work of singular genius, time has not been kind to the groundbreaking infinite jest, as paul ring discovers while reading david foster wallaces novel 20 years on.
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