Consider the Lobster: And Other Essays
by: David Foster Wallace
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Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of a vicious presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker at the annual Maine Lobster Festival, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters.
Do lobsters feel pain? Did Franz Kafka have a funny bone? What is John Updike's deal, anyway? And what happens when adult video starlets meet their fans in person? David Foster Wallace answers these questions and more in essays that are also enthralling narrative adventures. Whether covering the three-ring circus of a vicious presidential race, plunging into the wars between dictionary writers, or confronting the World's Largest Lobster Cooker at the annual Maine Lobster Festival, Wallace projects a quality of thought that is uniquely his and a voice as powerful and distinct as any in American letters.
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- Amazing writing style
You may or may not enjoy the topics he writes about - the first chapter chronicles his experience attending the Adult Video Awards - but the writing style is superb. Definitely worth reading.
Rating: - Is Harold Hecuba author and DFW friend Evan Wright?
Just finished re-reading this, AFTER reading Hella Nation by Evan Wright Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's WarAgainst the GAP, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America.Given Wright's introduction and "Life in Porn," AND DFW's thanks to Evan Wright at the end of his book, I'm thinking Harold Hecuba is Evan Wright.Re-reading DFW essays.Comment on Harold Hecuba, Evan Wright, link?Trying to make sense of what happened after ... Read More
Rating: - a tragic loss
i just finished reading this book. i only started reading dfw after reading about his death. after reading this book, i feel so sad that he's no longer here. his essays are extremely insightful, and he's such a brilliant writer and person. his probing curiosity about every aspect of the world around him is inspiring.
Rating: - this lighted genius does not go faintly into the night
When reading DFW it feels as if I'm on a round the clock rendezvous and always coming up short; racing around corners just to catch a glimpse of his genius. And now, sadly, the rendezvous has left our solar system.
"Certainly the End of Something" is so hilarious and pocketed with truisms that it felt as if I had been given a wafer after confession. Later, in a crispish speech DFW feeds Kafka in hilarious hand signals and laser beams launched from the podium. "Authority and American ... Read More
Rating: - Funny and interesting
The author has a Literary reputation, but actually most of the articles in this collection are either funny or very interesting. The article on the porn convention in Las Vegas was both!
- Amazing writing styleYou may or may not enjoy the topics he writes about - the first chapter chronicles his experience attending the Adult Video Awards - but the writing style is superb. Definitely worth reading.
- Is Harold Hecuba author and DFW friend Evan Wright?Just finished re-reading this, AFTER reading Hella Nation by Evan Wright Hella Nation: Looking for Happy Meals in Kandahar, Rocking the Side Pipe, Wingnut's WarAgainst the GAP, and Other Adventures with the Totally Lost Tribes of America.Given Wright's introduction and "Life in Porn," AND DFW's thanks to Evan Wright at the end of his book, I'm thinking Harold Hecuba is Evan Wright.Re-reading DFW essays.Comment on Harold Hecuba, Evan Wright, link?Trying to make sense of what happened after ... Read More
- a tragic lossi just finished reading this book. i only started reading dfw after reading about his death. after reading this book, i feel so sad that he's no longer here. his essays are extremely insightful, and he's such a brilliant writer and person. his probing curiosity about every aspect of the world around him is inspiring.
- this lighted genius does not go faintly into the night When reading DFW it feels as if I'm on a round the clock rendezvous and always coming up short; racing around corners just to catch a glimpse of his genius. And now, sadly, the rendezvous has left our solar system.
"Certainly the End of Something" is so hilarious and pocketed with truisms that it felt as if I had been given a wafer after confession. Later, in a crispish speech DFW feeds Kafka in hilarious hand signals and laser beams launched from the podium. "Authority and American ... Read More
- Funny and interestingThe author has a Literary reputation, but actually most of the articles in this collection are either funny or very interesting. The article on the porn convention in Las Vegas was both!
