Infinite Jest
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Author
Contributions
- Dave Eggers - Foreword
Publication
2006-11-01 - Back Bay Books (Little Brown and Company), New York, USA
Language
English
Word Count
276,000 words, Guess
Page Count
1,104 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveinfinitejestnove00wall
- ISBN-100316066524
- ISBN-139780316066525
- GoogleyP5FPgAACAAJ
- LibraryThing903
and 2 more
- Goodreads41661161
- Open LibraryOL9674499M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
Description
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 recent fiction, Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives; about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people; and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. 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.
First Sentence
I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies.
Description
Set in an addicts' hallway house and a tennis academy, and featuring one of the moste endearing screwed-up families in contemporary fiction. Infinite Jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to dominate our livs, about how our desire for entertainment affects our need to connect with other people, and about what the pleasures we choose say about who we are. Equal parts philisophical quest and screwball comedy, Infinite Jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. 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. (back cover)
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