Oblivion is wallaces third and last short story collection and was. David foster wallace february 21, 1962 september 12, 2008 was an american author of novels, short stories and essays, as well as a university professor of english and creative writing. Its a little eerie how well he predicted our world today including the election of someone a lot like president trump. Apr 28, 2005 in the stories that make up oblivion, david foster wallace conjoins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite convolutions of selfconsciousness a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his. More selfaware than might be healthy, the tangled souls situated in eight new stories by david foster wallace tack through a series of actions that read like extrapolations on edvard munchs painting the scream. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read oblivion. David foster wallace interview chris lydons radio show, three weeks after the publication of infinite jest, christopher lydon interviews david foster wallace on february 21, 1996. With jason segel, jesse eisenberg, anna chlumsky, mamie gummer. This is water by david foster wallace full transcript and audio. As ill note in talking about the individual stories, i found it much easier to follow most of the selections here compared to those in girl with curious hair or brief interviews with hideous men. Not only would the words easily keep me amused for however many years it would take for rescue to. Oblivion oblivion audiobook, by david foster wallace.
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