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Published by Back Bay Books, 1998
ISBN 10: 0316925284ISBN 13: 9780316925280
Seller: -OnTimeBooks-, Phoenix, AZ, U.S.A.
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Published by Abacus (UK), 2010
ISBN 10: 0349110018ISBN 13: 9780349110011
Seller: HPB-Diamond, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Back Bay, 1998, 1998
Seller: Longhouse, Publishers & Booksellers, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
Fine and bright stiff wraps with excellent square spine and crisp bright text throughout. Handsome all around. Light sun-flash to spine.
Published by Little, Brown, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316919896ISBN 13: 9780316919890
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by Little, Brown & Company, New York, 2015
ISBN 10: 0316182400ISBN 13: 9780316182409
Seller: Grand Eagle Retail, Wilmington, DE, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. 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, critics, and those who worked with him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, and most heartbreaking work -- essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," excerpts from his novels The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, and The Pale King, and legendary stories like "The Depressed Person." Wallace's explorations of morality, self-consciousness, addiction, sports, love, and the many other subjects that occupied him are represented here in both fiction and nonfiction. Collected for the first time are Wallace's first published story, "The View from Planet Trillaphon as Seen In Relation to the Bad Thing" and a selection of his work as a writing instructor, including reading lists, grammar guides, and general guidelines for his students. A dozen writers and critics, including Hari Kunzru, Anne Fadiman, and Nam Le, add afterwords to favorite pieces, expanding our appreciation of the unique pleasures of Wallace's writing. The result is an astonishing volume that shows the breadth and range of "one of America's most daring and talented writers" (Los Angeles Times Book Review) whose work was full of humor, insight, and beauty. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York & London, 2014
ISBN 10: 0316182397ISBN 13: 9780316182393
Seller: Mnemosyne, New Haven, CT, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. META-CLASSIC: META-BRILLIANT: META-HUMOROUS: & (Naturally) COLLECTIBLE: FINE First Edition hardcover (Orig. November 2014) w/ full no. line showing First Printing, VERY GOOD jacket w/ EXCELLENT edges & corners BUT showing some general soiling & slight wear (some of which is humorously deliberately part of the jacket's orig. design) & showing orig. $35.00 pub. price at top-right inside-front flyleaf, EXCELLENT cream-white durability-treated laid-fabric-over-boards cover w/ sharp AS-NEW edges BUT w/ slightest wear variably evident at spine-caps & corners, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ handsome CLARITY on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper * 6.16" x 9.50" x 2.26", 1.36 kg, x+966 (976) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: Where do you begin (or end) w/ a writer as original & brilliant as David Foster Wallace? Here--w/ a carefully considered selection of his extraordinary body of work, chosen by a range of great writers, critics, & those who worked w/ him most closely. This volume presents his most dazzling, funniest, & most heartbreaking work--essays like his famous cruise-ship piece, "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again," excerpts from his novels "The Broom of the System", "Infinite Jest", and "The Pale King", & legendary stories like "The Depressed Person." Wallace's explorations of morality, self-consciousness, addiction, sports, love, & the many other subjects that occupied him are represented here in both fiction & nonfiction. Collected for the first time are Wallace's first published story, "The View from Planet Trillaphon as Seen In Relation to the Bad Thing" & a selection of his work as a writing instructor, including reading lists, grammar guides, & general guidelines for his students. A dozen writers and critics, including Hari Kunzru, Anne Fadiman, & Nam Le, add after-words to favorite pieces, expanding our appreciation of the unique pleasures of Wallace's writing. The result is an astonishing volume that shows the breadth & range of "one of America's most daring & talented writers" (LATBR) whose work was full of humor, insight, & beauty. * ABOUT THE AUTHOR: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 & raised in Illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy & English from Amherst College & wrote what would become his first novel, The Broom of the System, as his senior English thesis. He received a masters of fine arts from University of Arizona in 1987 & briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. His second novel, "Infinite Jest", was published in 1996. Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, & Pomona College, & published the story collections "Girl with Curious Hair", "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men", "Oblivion", the essay collections "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again", and "Consider the Lobster". He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, & a Whiting Writers' Award, & was appointed to the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. He died in 2008. His last novel, "The Pale King", was published in 2011. * SHIPPING: MNEMOSYNE carefully wraps, labels & custom-packages this fine book for FREE domestic shipment via USPS MEDIA MAIL or USPS PRIORITY MAIL for a below-cost additional fee & to international destinations via USPS FIRST CLASS INTERNATIONAL AIRMAIL.
Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 0241144825ISBN 13: 9780241144824
Seller: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Both Flesh and Not is an collection of essays and writing from the virtuosic genius David Foster Wallace Beloved for his brilliantly discerning eye, his verbal elasticity and his uniquely generous imagination, David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics and fans as the voice of a generation. Collected here are fifteen essays published for the first time in book form, including writing never published before in the UK. From 'Federer Both Flesh and Not', considered by many to be his non-fiction masterpiece; to 'The (As it Were) Seminal Importance of Terminator 2,' which deftly dissects James Cameron's blockbuster; to 'Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young', an examination of television's effect on a new generation of writers, the writing collected here swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our twentieth-century cultural references. A celebration of Wallace's great loves - for language, for precision, for meaning - and a feast of enjoyment for his fans, Both Flesh and Not is a fitting tribute to this writer who was never concerned with anything less important than what it means to be alive. Praise for David Foster Wallace: 'A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian . . . he's in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us' Zadie Smith 'Wallace's essays brim with cerebral energy, acute observation and fizzing wit. Enviably good' Sunday Times 'Wallace's exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight . . . a superb comedian of culture' Guardian, James Wood David Foster Wallace wrote the novels Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System, and the short-story collections Oblivion, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and Girl with Curious Hair. His non-fiction includes Consider the Lobster, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Everything and More, This is Water and Both Flesh and Not. He died in 2008. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Okt 2018, 2018
ISBN 10: 0241961963ISBN 13: 9780241961964
Seller: Wegmann1855, Zwiesel, Germany
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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -David Foster Wallace wrote the novels The Pale King, Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System and three story collections. His non-fiction includes Consider the Lobster and A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. He died in 2008.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316919896ISBN 13: 9780316919890
Seller: Russian Hill Bookstore, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 353 pages, 8vo. Stated First Edition; First Printing, with intact number line ending in the number 1. Jacket price unclipped. Minor shelfwear. DJ in mylar. Tight binding, no marks. Volume is in Very Good condition.
Published by Grijalbo Mondadori, S.A.-Junior, Barcelona, Spain, 2001
ISBN 10: 8439707762ISBN 13: 9788439707769
Seller: La Social. Galería y Libros, Barcelona, BCN, Spain
Book First Edition
Tapa blanda. Condition: Muy bien. Primera Edición En Español. PRIMERA EDICIÓN EN ESPAÑOL. FIRST SPANISH EDITION. Título original "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never do Again. Essays and Arguments" traducción de Javier Calvo. Coleccion "Literatura Mondadori" núm. 163. EXCELENTE ejemplar. 405pp.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316919896ISBN 13: 9780316919890
Seller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA, Wadsworth, IL, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 353 pages. A terrific collection of essays from the author of the cult classic novel "Infinite Jest." A very good plus copy with some minor wear and a few small spots to the bottom edge of the pages and in a very good plus dust jacket with some very minor wear and a small shallow stain to the base of the spine and rear panel that is only visible from the verso. Despite the flaws a pleasing copy.
Published by University Press Of Mississippi, 2012
ISBN 10: 1617032271ISBN 13: 9781617032271
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Across two decades of intense creativity, David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) crafted a remarkable body of work that ranged from unclassifiable essays to a book about transfinite mathematics to vertiginous fictions. In essay volumes (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Consider the Lobster), short story collections (Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion), and his novels (Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System), the luminous qualities of Wallace's work recalibrated our measures of modern literary achievement. Conversations with David Foster Wallace gathers over twenty interviews and profiles that trace the arc of Wallace's career.Jonathan Franzen has argued that, for Wallace, an interview provided a formal enclosure in which the writer 'could safely draw on his enormous native store of kindness and wisdom and expertise.' Wallace's interviews create a wormhole in which an author's private theorizing about art spills into the public record. His best interviews are vital extra-literary documents in which we catch him thinking aloud about irony's magnetic hold on contemporary language, the pale last days of postmodernism, and the delicate exchange that exists between reader and writer. At the same time, his acute focus moves across MFA programs, his negotiations with religious belief, the role of footnotes in his writing, and his multifaceted conception of his work's architecture. Conversations with David Foster Wallace includes a previously unpublished interview from 2005 and a version of Larry McCaffery's Review of Contemporary Fiction interview with Wallace that has been expanded with new material drawn from the original raw transcript.Stephen J. Burn, Marquette, Michigan, is associate professor of modern and contemporary literature at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. He is the author of Jonathan Franzen at the End of Postmodernism; Intersections: Essays on Richard Powers; and David Foster Wallace's 'Infinite Jest': A Reader's Guide.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316919896ISBN 13: 9780316919890
Seller: Twice Sold Tales, Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First edition with full print line. Minor rubbing to extremities of boards; a few faintly discolored spots at head of spine. Long remainder mark on text block fore edge. Dust jacket near fine; spine panel a little sunfaded; in mylar protector.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316919896ISBN 13: 9780316919890
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. 1st Edition. First edition, hardcover, has a moderate skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends, faint sunning to the spine and head, and faint spotting/ smudging to the head of the text block with a hint to the other edges, and a touch of waving to the fore edge of the rear paste down. Otherwise, this is a solid, tight, bright Very Good copy in an unclipped Very Good+ dust jacket, which has a light bump to the head of the spine, more minor wear to the tail of the spine and corners, very faint sunning to the spine, and some mild rubbing to the covers. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, New York, Toronto, London, 1997
Seller: Halper's Books, Tel Aviv, Israel
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good.
Published by Hamish Hamilton, 2012
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Deurne, Belgium
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, very fine condition. Both Flesh and Not Special Collection by David Foster Wallace. Published by Hamish Hamilton in 2012. Hardcover. Both Flesh and Not is an collection of essays and writing from the virtuosic genius David Foster Wallacebeloved for his brilliantly discerning eye, his verbal elasticity and his uniquely generous imagination, David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics and fans as the voice of a generation. Collected here are fifteen essays published for the first time in book form, including writing never published before in the UK. From Federer Both Flesh and Not, considered by many to be his non-fiction masterpiece; to The (As it Were) Seminal Importance of Terminator 2, which deftly dissects James Cameron's blockbuster; to Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young, an examination of television's effect on a new generation of writers, the writing collected here swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our twentieth-century cultural references. A celebration of Wallace's great loves - for language, for precision, for meaning - and a feast of enjoyment for his fans, Both Flesh and Not is a fitting tribute to this writer who was never concerned with anything less important than what it means to be alive. Praise for David Foster Wallace: A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian he's in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us' Zadie Smith Wallace's essays brim with cerebral energy, acute observation and fizzing wit. Enviably good' Sunday Times'Wallace's exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight a superb comedian of culture Guardian, James Wooddavid Foster Wallace wrote the novels Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System, and the short-story collections Oblivion, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and Girl with Curious Hair. His non-fiction includes Consider the Lobster, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Everything and More, This is Water and Both Flesh and Not. He died in 2008. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1997
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 8vo. First edition stated. Quarter yellow paper, aqua paper boards. 353 pp. Some light bumping to extremities of dust jacket, else fine. This book collects David Foster Wallace's writings on a range of subjects that only he could bring together. From personal narratives to tennis, film, philosophy, and postmodern literary theory, no subject is outside the play of his imagination.
Published by University Press Of Mississippi, 2012
ISBN 10: 1617032263ISBN 13: 9781617032264
Seller: AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Germany
Book Print on Demand
Buch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 'Serious art is where difficult, complex questions get made urgent and human and real; and the political climate in the USA right now is so ugly, unreflective, selfish, jingoistic, and materialistic that serious art has probably never been needed more.'Across two decades of intense creativity, David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) crafted a remarkable body of work that ranged from unclassifiable essays to a book about transfinite mathematics to vertiginous fictions. In essay volumes (A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, Consider the Lobster), short story collections (Girl with Curious Hair, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, Oblivion), and his novels (Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System), the luminous qualities of Wallace's work recalibrated our measures of modern literary achievement. Conversations with David Foster Wallace gathers over twenty interviews and profiles that trace the arc of Wallace's career.Jonathan Franzen has argued that, for Wallace, an interview provided a formal enclosure in which the writer 'could safely draw on his enormous native store of kindness and wisdom and expertise.' Wallace's interviews create a wormhole in which an author's private theorizing about art spills into the public record. His best interviews are vital extra-literary documents in which we catch him thinking aloud about irony's magnetic hold on contemporary language, the pale last days of postmodernism, and the delicate exchange that exists between reader and writer. At the same time, his acute focus moves across MFA programs, his negotiations with religious belief, the role of footnotes in his writing, and his multifaceted conception of his work's architecture. Conversations with David Foster Wallace includes a previously unpublished interview from 2005 and a version of Larry McCaffery's Review of Contemporary Fiction interview with Wallace that has been expanded with new material drawn from the original raw transcript.Stephen J. Burn, Marquette, Michigan, is associate professor of modern and contemporary literature at Northern Michigan University in Marquette. He is the author of Jonathan Franzen at the End of Postmodernism; Intersections: Essays on Richard Powers; and David Foster Wallace's 'Infinite Jest': A Reader's Guide.
Published by Little, Brown., BOSTON, 1997
ISBN 10: 0316919896ISBN 13: 9780316919890
Book First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition; First Printing. First edition. SIGNED & dated in 1998 by David Foster Wallace on title page. Fine in fine dust jacket. Essays. ; 6 1/2" x 9 1/4"; 353 pages; Signed by Author(s).
Published by Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2014
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
Signed
Deluxe signed limited edition of this compilation of Foster Wallace's work. Octavo, original boards. Signed by artist Karen Green, the widow of Foster Wallace. The limited edition contains one piece of the original painting, "signed on verso with the artist's fingerprint." Fine in a fine slipcase. The David Foster Wallace Reader is a compilation from one of the most original writers of our age, featuring selections of his brilliant fiction and nonfiction. For new readers, this is an accessible introduction to the pleasures of reading Wallace; for fans, a must-have best-of; and for teachers, an invaluable tool. Astounding chapters from the novels The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, and The Pale King are here, along with legendary stories including "The Depressed Person," "Good Old Neon," and his previously uncollected first story. This collection also features Wallace's essays delving into luxury ("A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again"), morality ("Consider the Lobster"), sports ("Roger Federer Both Flesh and Not"), literature, and the deep paradoxes of American life, plus reading lists from his life as a teacher.
Published by Little, Brown, 2014
Seller: PEN ULTIMATE RARE BOOKS, Pine Plains, NY, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: New. 1st Edition. SEALED in publisher's original shrink wrap, a rare, pristine copy, one of only 250, of David Foster Wallace's oeuvre, a memoriam or epitaph of his greatest works published after his tragic suicide. THE DAVID FOSTER WALLACE READER introduces his ever-growing readers to his remarkable humor and versatility as a writer. Featuring selections of his fiction and nonfiction, the Reader is comprised of outstanding chapters from the novels The Broom of the System, Infinite Jest, and The Pale King, along with legendary stories including "The Depressed Person," "Good Old Neon," and his previously unpublished first story. This collection also features Wallace's essays delving into luxury ("A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again"), morality ("Consider the Lobster"), sports ("Roger Federer Both Flesh and Not"), literature, and the deep paradoxes of American life, plus reading lists from his career as a professor. This deluxe edition of THE DAVID FOSTER WALLACE READER features original artwork by Karen Green. The cover art, a painting titled "It's Fun to Read," was created expressly for this Limited Edition by Karen Green in 2014. Each copy of the limited edition contains one piece of the original painting. In positively new condition, sealed in publisher's shrink wrap. Book #Cv2220. $1295. We specialize in Rare Ayn Rand, history, and science.
Published by Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1997
Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing, limited issue. Copy number 11 out of a limited 100 copies, signed by David Faster Wallace on publisher's tipped-in limitation page. Fine in a Fine unclipped dust jacket. Wallace's collection of humorous essays detailing "fun" experiences including his time at the Illinois State Fair, a visit to David Lynch's Lost Highway film set and more.