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The "dazzling, exhilarating" (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel from one of this century's most groundbreaking writers, The Broom of the System is an outlandishly funny and fiercely intelligent exploration of the paradoxes of language, storytelling, and reality.

Both Flesh and Not combines David Foster Wallace's best-loved essays with work never before published in the UK. 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 in Both Flesh and Not 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 nonfiction 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, David Foster Wallace's writing 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 Both Flesh and Not: "Whether dwelling on the real-world implications of metaphysics [or the] pop constructions of pure maths...Both Flesh and Not brims with jewels of insight and expression".

Escrit amb l’intel·lecte i l’humor inconfusible de l’autor, L’aigua és això ens interpel·la sobre els reptes de la vida diària i ens ofereix reflexions provocadores que ens renoven a cada lectura. L

Ein unvollendeter Roman.Am Anfang kommen die Angestellten des Finanzamts von Peoria, Illinois, dem neuen Trainee David Foster Wallace ganz normal vor. Aber je mehr er sich in Arbeitsablaufe einarbeitet, die so od sind, dass neuen Mitarbeitern ein Recht auf Langeweiletherapie zusteht, desto mehr fragt er sich, was fur Menschen eine Berufung zur Arbeit in der Steuerbehorde verspuren ...Der bleiche Konig erschien in den USA drei Jahre nach Wallace Tod und wurde zur Sensation. In ihm zeigt David Foster Wallace noch einmal sein ganzes Konnen die unubertroffene Originalitat seiner Sujets, die sprachliche Prazision, der sezierende Blick auf die Unzulanglichkeiten menschlicher Gesellschaft und der immer prasente Humor.

Les agents du centre des impôts de Peoria, dans l''Illinois, paraissent plutôt communs aux yeux de leur apprenti, David Foster Wallace. A mesure que celui-ci s''immerge dans une routine pénible et r

En 1989 David Foster Wallace se trasladó a Boston para cursar el posgrado en filosofía estética de Harvard. Se mudó al apartamento de su antiguo compañero de piso en la universidad, Mark Costello. Viviendo juntos descubrieron un interes comun por la entonces naciente musica rap, y DFW se aventura a escribir un ensayo en el que intenta desmenuzar el ADN cultural de este genero. Costello escribe pequeñas replicas que luego extiende a ensayos completos, entrelazados con los de Wallace. El resultado sera 'Ilustres raperos', una especie de tratado que intenta encontrar el sentido del rap a partir de la sociologia, la economia, la filosofia, la ley y otras tantas disciplinas en las que los autores son solventes.

Relatos que diseccionan personajes estrambóticos y retratan distintas anomalías de la vida.

Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a sick sense of humour? What is John Updike''s deal anyway? And who won the Adult Video News'' Female Performer of the Year Award the same year Gwyneth Paltrow won her Oscar? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in his new book of hilarious non-fiction. For this collection, David Foster Wallace immerses himself in the three-ring circus that is the presidential race in order to document one of the most vicious campaigns in recent history. Later he strolls from booth to booth at a lobster festival in Maine and risks life and limb to get to the bottom of the lobster question. Then he wheedles his way into an L.A. radio studio, armed with tubs of chicken, to get the behind-the-scenes view of a conservative talkshow featuring a host with an unnatural penchant for clothing that only looks good on the radio. In what is sure to be a much-talked-about exploration of distinctly modern subjects, one of the sharpest minds of our time delves into some of life''s most delicious topics.

Una brillante colección de ensayos cargados de inteligencia e ironía. David Foster Wallace, considerado por muchos como el enfant terrible de la narrativa estadounidense actual, nos ofrece una serie de ensayos originales sobre temas tan diversos como la pornografia, las autobiografias de deportistas o las limitaciones de la lengua inglesa. Su perspectiva es siempre innovadora, y sus observaciones, finas e inteligentes, como cuando se plantea si es moralmente licito cocer una langosta viva por un simple placer gustativo.

In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily real , almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians. In the title story, punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism.

''A visionary, a craftsman, a comedian and as serious as it is possible to be without accidentally writing a religious text. He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as ''modern fiction''. He''s so modern he''s in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. Goddamn him'' ZADIE SMITH A recognised master of form and a brilliant recorder of human behaviour, David Foster Wallace has been hailed as ''the most significant writer of his generation'' (TLS). Each new book confirms and extends his genius, and this new short story collection is no exception. He is quite possibly the most exciting literary talent in America today, and certainly one of the most influential. ''Wallace''s talent is such that you can''t help wondering: how good can he get?'' TIME OUT