Endless Jest

Infinite Jest

∞ Selected as one of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923 by Time magazine∞ Shortlisted for the 2021 New York Times "Great Books of the Past 125 Years∞ The original edition was 1,079 pages, setting a miracle of 6 reprints in the month of its release∞ The author won the MacArthur Genius Grant for this book∞ Addicted to videos, games, electronic products, social networks, and success, life is an endless war between you and yourself∞ The Chinese version has 1 million words, 1,138 pages, and includes 388 endnotes. It is a hellish text difficulty and a high-IQ masterpiece with the attraction of a black hole∞ The translation is extremely difficult. The copyright has been sold in 25 languages ​​worldwide, and there are only 10 language translations to date. The Chinese translation is the only one in Asia——————————
In this era of highly developed material wealth, people's entertainment needs are constantly being generated and satisfied. A mysterious film called "Infinite Jest" circulates underground, becoming an obsession for all who see it. Its fatal attraction draws a tennis school, an addiction rehabilitation center, a Canadian separatist organization, and even the US intelligence community into its entanglement, and disaster is imminent...
The publication of Infinite Jest was a monumental event, a peak unsurpassed. The book, at one million words, has no chapters, no table of contents, and fragments separated by mysterious symbols. This is a novel with its own brain and heart. David Foster Wallace unleashes his genius with a story structure that challenges the reader's intelligence. Through infinitely magnified details, he creates a relentless storm that engulfs both reality and the characters' inner worlds. The book's depiction of a collective illness characterized by obsession with various things and endless loneliness speaks to the current age of addiction and will offer readers both reflection and comfort.
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Infinite Jest demonstrates that Wallace was one of the most gifted writers of his generation, someone who seemed to have the artistic talent to do it all.
—The New York Times
Diving into the depths of Infinite Jest is an exhilarating, thrilling experience. There's so much life and death, so much revelry and heartbreak, so much passion in the face of despair, and so much cheer for the future of our literature. Rarely do you read such unbridled, inventive prose, a riot of linguistic energy. —Daily News
This novel is so gloriously bright you need sunglasses to read it, and it also has heart and brains.
——"Contemporary Novel Review"
Wallace possesses the most commanding, exciting, and creative rhetoric of any living writer.
--Jonathan Franzen, author of "Freedom" "Infinite Jest" is like a spaceship with no recognizable features, no rivets and bolts, no entrance, and no way to disassemble it. It is dazzling and flawless.
—Dave Eggers, author of What Is What

2023-04-01

上海人民出版社

Century Wenjing

1138

9787208161757