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The novel is widely noted for its unconventional narrative structure and its experimental use of endnotes there are a total of 388 endnotes, some with footnotes of their own. Otherwise, what i recommend is when you finish the book, go and read aaron swartzs explanation of the text and itll help enormously. The recently deceased aaron swartz is the author of one of the most compelling theories about infinite jests end. For those who have actually read infinite jest, youll probably get more out of my very spoilerheavy summary of what happens just after the end of the book. Infinite jest kindle edition by wallace, david foster.

Goodreads members who liked infinite jest also liked. Aaron baughman, im studying statistics at james madison university, and i like to explore ideas. Infinite jest comes, in time, to seem like some great clattering vehicle that is powered by a rudimentary threestroke engine, the narrative passing in steady sequence from enfield to ennet to a. David foster wallaces second novel is s et in an absurd but agonizingly believable nearfuture, and. Im still trying to make sense of infinite jest io9 gizmodo.

Tom bissell and the editor michael pietsch discuss infinite jest. Find books like infinite jest from the worlds largest community of readers. Aaron schwartzs, what happens at the end of infinite jest. Infinite jest by david foster wallace book analysis. The recently deceased aaron swartz is the author of one of. If one of your reading resolutions is to finally finish infinite jest, david foster wallaces mammoth novel, im here to help. His second novel, infinite jest, was published in 1996. Is there no ending to infinite book because there couldnt be.

A novel 9780316920049 by wallace, david foster and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. I plan on reading through infinite jest over my break from classes over the summer and. 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. Wallace wrote to a friend that the fuckers cut by 600 pages from the first version. The book is incredibly heavy literally and figuratively and has so many. While i cant read the book not even the end notes for you, i. I remember seeing its bulk and oddlyentrancing cover in the basement of the seminary coop. I enjoy the book a ton, but do not buy the paperback version.

Infinite jest was a megahit in 1996, but whatever popularity it enjoyed among magazine writers, it still occupied a niche. Infinite jest by david foster wallace turns 20 today, and im still. Infinite jest is a book meant to be an actively read its meant to take a. The whole book is laced through with mocking cracks at. Like anyone whos spent months reading a 1,008page book, particularly this one, im at a loss. Certain kind of parallel lines are supposed to start converging in such. Wallace taught creative writing at emerson college, illinois state university, and pomona college, and published the story collections girl. Wallace taught creative writing at emerson college, illinois state university, and pomona college, and published the story collections girl with curious hair, brief interviews with hideous men, oblivion, the essay collections a supposedly fun thing ill never do again, and consider the lobster. The point is, if infinite jest really is the best novel theyve ever read, thats a problem. Heres how i finally read infinite jest and how you can, too. Infinite jest is a 1996 novel by american writer david foster wallace. Today, i turned the last page of infinite jest, around a week late for my deadline. Infinite jest is a great book, and its going on my list of favorite novels.

My copy of the book is sawn in three, abused, with smudges of food across its pages, from when i couldnt stop. The reactions illustrated the divisive nature of the 1,076page book. The novel infinite jest is the story of this addictive entertainment, and in particular how it affects a boston halfway house for recovering addicts and a nearby. Although the crucial scene is left out, we transition from hal being emotionally dead but extraordinarily successful and beloved to hal being a real person with real feelings but unable to communicate, his voice replaced by horrible screams. I was talking to my roommate about infinite jest, and he asked me how. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books press j to jump to the feed. In the climax of the book, james admits that he made the fatallyentertaining infinite jest as an attempt to create something so emotionally overwhelming that it would break his son out of his shell.