Infinite jest: a novel
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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.
Subjects
Subjects
Addicts
Addicts -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Compulsive behavior
Compulsive behavior -- Fiction
Dominance (Psychology)
Dominance (Psychology) -- Fiction
Family life
Family life -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Literature
Motion pictures
Motion pictures -- Fiction
Tennis
Tennis -- Fiction
Addicts -- Fiction
Classic Literature
Coming of age
Coming of age -- Fiction
Compulsive behavior
Compulsive behavior -- Fiction
Dominance (Psychology)
Dominance (Psychology) -- Fiction
Family life
Family life -- Fiction
Fiction
Friendship
Friendship -- Fiction
Humorous fiction
Literature
Motion pictures
Motion pictures -- Fiction
Tennis
Tennis -- Fiction
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ISBN:
9780316066525
9780316306058
9780316162296
9780316920049
9780316306058
9780316162296
9780316920049
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| Grouping Title | infinite jest |
| Grouping Author | david foster wallace |
| Grouping Category | book |
| Grouping Language | English (eng) |
| Last Grouping Update | 2020-09-22 12:33:25PM |
| Last Indexed | 2020-09-22 12:34:52PM |
| Novelist Primary ISBN | none |
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| publishDate | 2009 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| subject_facet | Addicts -- Fiction Coming of age -- Fiction Compulsive behavior -- Fiction Dominance (Psychology) -- Fiction Family life -- Fiction Friendship -- Fiction Humorous fiction Motion pictures -- Fiction Tennis -- Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_display | Infinite jest : a novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| title_full | Infinite Jest Infinite jest : a novel / David Foster Wallace ; foreword by Tom Bissell | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| title_sub | a novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| topic_facet | Addicts Classic Literature Coming of age Compulsive behavior Dominance (Psychology) Family life Fiction Friendship Literature Motion pictures Tennis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
