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Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Wallace David Foster
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Description for Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
paperback. * 'A book of formidable creative intelligence, and real moral purpose' OBSERVER Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DQ; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 220.
In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many ... Read more
In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
Weight
233g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349111889
SKU
V9780349111889
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About Wallace David Foster
David Foster Wallace is the author of the novels Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System, the story collections Girl with Curious Hair and Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, and the essay collections A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again and Consider the Lobster. His writings have appeared in Esquire, Harper's, the New Republic, New Yorker, Paris Review ... Read more
Reviews for Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
His skills as a literary innovator are immense…this is an entertaining and dazzlingly innovative work…a dizzying gallop actoss the wild frontier of contemporary fiction.
Daily Telegraph
Endlessly inventive
Evening Standard
Exceptionally clever
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
As clever and intriguing as Wallace's past work
The Times
His skills as a literary innovator are ... Read more
Daily Telegraph
Endlessly inventive
Evening Standard
Exceptionally clever
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
As clever and intriguing as Wallace's past work
The Times
His skills as a literary innovator are ... Read more