Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . . 'Wallace's exuberance an...
Somewhere in the not-so-distant future the residents of Ennet House, a Boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby Enfield Tennis Academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of INFINITE JEST, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss . . . 'Wallace's exuberance and intellectual impishness are a delight, and he has deep things to say about the hollowness of contemporary American pleasure . . . sentences and whole pages are marvels of cosmic concentration . . . Wallace is a superb comedian of culture' James Wood, GUARDIAN
Fiction's about what it is to be a fucking human being. 小说《无尽的玩笑》有四条主线:魁北克分离组织轮椅暗杀队与美国未指定服务局之间的争斗;唐·盖特利先是作为病人后来作为工作人员在恩内特之家药物与酒精康复之家的见闻;恩菲尔德网球学校的日常生活;因坎旦萨家族...
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作者:项荻 注:此文在《新京报·书评周刊》发表时因版面限制有删节,下为完整版。 “一代人最杰出的心智”与“生活的无尽战争” “他那代人最杰出的心智”(the best mind of his generation),如果你谷歌这句英文,排第一的就是《纽约时报》悼念大卫·福斯特·华莱士的文章...
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1 有用 歹眠 2023-07-31 14:57:38 英国
你知道吗?为了写出《无尽的玩笑》这个极度抑郁混乱的作品,大卫·福斯特·华莱士花了一年观察你的生活。 书名是主角哈尔的父亲的电影影名,全书也像是一场《纽约提喻法》一般时间错乱的剧场史诗电影,无尽、自我循环。美式俚语和总言外有意的措辞,以及网球和法律术语,让这981页及其难读。因为敬佩,我憋也要憋半吊子文盲书评🚬 先来一篇文盲日记https://www.douban.com/note/85209994... 你知道吗?为了写出《无尽的玩笑》这个极度抑郁混乱的作品,大卫·福斯特·华莱士花了一年观察你的生活。 书名是主角哈尔的父亲的电影影名,全书也像是一场《纽约提喻法》一般时间错乱的剧场史诗电影,无尽、自我循环。美式俚语和总言外有意的措辞,以及网球和法律术语,让这981页及其难读。因为敬佩,我憋也要憋半吊子文盲书评🚬 先来一篇文盲日记https://www.douban.com/note/852099948/?dt_dapp=1 (展开)
0 有用 InIandFIoating 2023-12-20 22:37:42 荷兰
书购于阿姆斯特丹the book exchange,买的时候发现这本书居然真的是二十年前印发的。前言作者写道,华莱士的小说用词很简单,但很“聪明”,这是真的。