Both Flesh And Not
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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.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Wallace's previously unpublished essays are collected in this latest release following his death in 2008. The essays here are gathered from over two decades of the author's writing and cover a variety of topics, including an excerpt from Wallace's personal vocabulary list. Narrating Wallace presents a unique problem: how to handle the many footnotes that are so important in his writing? In this audio edition, dual narrators accomplish this task. Robert Petkoff who also narrated The Pale King and The Broom of the System reads the bulk of Wallace's essays, while Katherine Kellgren voices the personal dictionary entries and footnotes. This creates a perfect balance, especially when Kellgren's reading underscores the wry footnotes. Both readers give strong performances alone, but together they manage to accurately recreate for listeners the dry, smart rhythm of the author's prose. A Little, Brown hardcover.
