Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
David Foster Wallace$30.60
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In this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.
Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. 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 agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, ' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.
Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 05/01/1999
ISBN: 9780316925419
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/1999 pg. 408
Publishers Weekly 03/29/1999 pg. 87
Library Journal 05/01/1999 pg. 116
Booklist 05/01/1999 pg. 1580
New York Times 06/20/1999 pg. 8
Entertainment Weekly 11/05/1999 pg. 74
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 70
Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. 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 agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, ' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.
Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 05/01/1999
ISBN: 9780316925419
Pages: 288
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.00d
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/1999 pg. 408
Publishers Weekly 03/29/1999 pg. 87
Library Journal 05/01/1999 pg. 116
Booklist 05/01/1999 pg. 1580
New York Times 06/20/1999 pg. 8
Entertainment Weekly 11/05/1999 pg. 74
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 70