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Автор Дэвид Фостер Уоллес
David Foster Wallace
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
Praise for David Foster Wallace’s a supposedly fun thing i’ll never do again
“Further cements Wallace’s reputation as probably the most ambitious and prodigious literary talent of his generation, an erupting Vesuvius of prose and ideas and intellect. ”
— John Marshall,
“The title essay is worth the price of the book… irrefutable proof of comic genius…. Yes, he’s a great writer, get used to it. ”
— Adam Begley,
“Wallace puts enough energy, attitude, thought, ‘fun’ (in and out of quotes) and sheer information into any single page to wear
— David Gates,
“You don’t want to miss out on reading David Foster Wallace. Yes, he’s that good. ”
— Kane Webb,
“He has Gore Vidal’s biting wit, Christopher Hitchens’s ability to disrobe intellectual impostors, and Pynchon’s sense of the bizarre…. Not just refreshing, it’s downright exhilarating. ”
— David Daley,
“Wallace’s sheer verbal precocity and versatility stun. ”
— Joan Hinkemeyer,
“DFW is smart and funny, a man from whose word processor flows a torrent of brilliant observations and hysterical wit. Do your disposition and your mind a favor: Read this book. ”
— Steven E. Alford,
“A marvelous book…. Sparkling reportage….
If one wants to see the zeitgeist auto-grappling, in all its necessary confusions, one must read every essay in this book. ”— James Wood,
“Funny as all get-out…. This guy uses words like a Ninja uses throwing stars…. Wallace proves that
— Jef Leisgang,
“What he’s doing in these essays is rather extraordinary: Treading chin-deep in postmodern waters, he’s constructing an exceptionally funny, viable, open-minded, openhearted voice, and he gives some of the rest of us new ways to think about how to navigate our own perilous waters. ”
— Cornel Bonca,
“Engagingly bizarre thinking and gleefully uninhibited writing…. Wallace is smart and funny to about the same extent that Bill Gates is rich. He leaps exuberantly from one original observation to the next. ”
— Margaret Sullivan,
“This volume not only reconfirms Mr. Wallace’s stature as one of his generation’s preeminent talents, but it also attests to his virtuosity…. His novelist’s radar for the incongruous detail and the revealing remark — along with his hyperkinetic language and natural storytelling gifts — make him a remarkably able reporter. ”
— Michiko Kakutani,
“He’s funny, actually…. Read him. ”
— Maureen Harrington,
A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again
