Infinite Jest
作者: David
出版社:Hachette 2006年11月
简介:
A gargantuan, mind-altering comedy about the Pursuit ofHappiness in America Set in an addicts' halfway house and a tennisacademy, and featuring the most endearingly screwed-up family tocome along in recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essentialquestions about what entertainment is and why it has come to sodominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affectsour need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasureswe choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest andscrewball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction withoutsacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. It is anexuberant, uniquely American exploration of the passions that makeus human - and one of those rare books that renew the idea of whata novel can do.
【媒体评论】
A writer of virtuostic talents who can seemingly do anything(NEW YORK TIMES )
Wallace is a superb comedian of culture . . . his exuberanceand intellectual impishness are a delight (James Woods, GUARDIAN)
He induces the kind of laughter which, when read in bed with asleeping partner, wakes said sleeping partner up . . . He's damngood (Nicholas Lezard, GUARDIAN )
One of the best books about addiction and recovery to appearin recent memory. (SUNDAY TIMES )