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David Foster
A powerful, many layered, erudite retelling of the blood-soaked Attis myth strained through twentieth centuary Australian life. Winner Miles Franklin Award 1997.
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Senior Lecturer in English Susan Lever (Australian Defence Force Academy)
David Foster is the most original, challenging, contradictory, risk-taking and infuriating Australian novelist of his generation. To date he has published twelve novels, three collections of novellas and short stories…
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David Foster Wallace
The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Centre in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so…
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Paolo Pitari
This book argues that David Foster Wallace failed to provide a response to the existential predicament of our time. Wallace wanted to confront despair through art, but he remained trapped…
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A Library of America special publication.
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Man of Letters is the third and final volume in the Dog Rock trilogy. The trilogy follows the fortunes of a rural town over fifty years through the eyes of…
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D.T. Max
David Foster Wallace is to contemporary literature what Kurt Cobain is to music. He died young enough for his promise and his achievements to solidify into a legend. For many…
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David Foster Wallace,David Foster Wallace
Brilliant, dazzling, never-before-collected non-fiction, by the legendary David Foster Wallace
In these stories, the author renders the bizarre normal and the absurd hilarious, from the eerily real , almost holographic evocations of historical figures, to overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night…
*Razor-sharp cultural commentary and hilarious social observation from the bestselling author of INFINITE JEST.
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Wallace David Foster
* ‘A book of formidable creative intelligence, and real moral purpose’ OBSERVER
In what is sure to be a much-talked-about exploration of distinctly modern subjects, one of the sharpest minds of our time delves into some of life’s most delicious topics.
* The cult novel by one of America’s most acclaimed authors, reissued with a fresh new jacket look
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David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.
Gideon Foster
Set sail on a self-transforming journey through the life and legacy of Saint David of Wales in this compelling book. Discover the profound and timeless wisdom drawn from Saint David's…
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David Foster, Meghan Foster
Jett's dad works at a coffee shop, and today Jett is going to work with him! Jett wants to do everything that he can to help his dad, but he…
David Wermuth
101 Considerations for Prospective, New, and Veteran Foster Parents
The topics addressed in this book--self-care practices, the unique fear response of foster youth, interventions for foster youth with clinical needs…
David Norris
Grounded in research and practical experience, this guide provides actionable strategies for creating an environment where creativity thrives.
American novelist, essayist, and short story writer David Foster Wallace was known for his experimental writing style influenced by contemporary American culture. Essays from his most noted works, including his…
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Marshall Boswell
Since its publication in 2003, Understanding David Foster Wallace has served as an accessible introduction to the rich array of themes and formal innovations that have made Wallace’s fiction so…
From Tristram Shandy to Fredric Jameson, Consider David Foster Wallace blazes a trail into the new territory of David Foster Wallace studies. Greg Carlisle, author of the landmark Wallace study…
David Foster Wallace wrote the novels The Pale King, Infinite Jest, and The Broom of the System and three story collections. His nonfiction includes Consider the Lobster and A Supposedly…
Peter Sloane
This book is the first full-length study to focus on Wallace’s career-long fascination with the representation of the body. The book provides engaging, accessible close readings that highlight the importance…
Across two decades of intense creativity, David Foster Wallace (1962-2008) crafted a remarkable body of work that ranged from unclassifiable essays, to a book about transfinite mathematics, to vertiginous fictions…
This book introduces readers to the literary, philosophical and political contexts of David Foster Wallace’s work. Short essays cover topics on gender, sex, violence, race, philosophy, poetry and geography, among…
Dr. David Hering (University of Liverpool, UK)
A fresh reassessment of David Foster Wallace’s entire fictional career and writing process –
Criticism of the work of David Foster Wallace has tended to be atomistic, focusing on a single aspect of individual works. A Companion to the Work of David Foster Wa…
This Companion provides a compelling, comprehensive, and substantive introduction to the work of David Foster Wallace, one of the most important American writers of the contemporary era. The essays within…
(Piano Solo Composer Collection). Sixteen-time GRAMMY Award-winning composer and legendary producer David Foster has released this personal and heartfelt collection of piano solos. A departure from his huge, chart-topping hits…
Rob Mayo
This is the first full-length study of a critically overlooked theme, addressing a major gap in Wallace studies. It explores Wallace's complex engagement with philosophical and medical ideas of emotional…
This is the first full-length study of a critically overlooked theme, addressing a major gap in Wallace studies. It explores Wallace’s complex engagement with philosophical and medical ideas of emotional…
Jasmine Shen, Thomas Foster
Crash Course - your effective every-day study companion PLUS the perfect antidote for exam stress! Save time and be assured you have the essential information you need in one place…
Combining theory and practice guidance for professionals, this is the authoritative guide to assessing foster carers, kinship carers and adoptive parents.
Dom David Foster
David Foster is a Benedictine Monk of Downside Abbey and chaplain to Downside School. He has always been concerned to bring the riches of the monastic tradition to lay people…
Asked in 2006 about the philosophical nature of his fiction, the late American writer David Foster Wallace replied, If some people read my fiction and see it as fundamentally about…
Stephen J. Burn (University of Glasgow, UK)
Infinite Jest has been hailed as one the great modern American novels and its author, David Foster Wallace, who committed suicide in 2008, as one of the most influential and…
This collection aims to show that David Foster Wallace's work originates from and functions in the space between philosophy and literature. New essays by prominent and promising Wallace scholars explore…
Dr. Lucas Thompson (University of Sydney, Australia)
David Foster Wallace is invariably seen as an emphatically American figure. Lucas Thompson challenges this consensus, arguing that Wallace’s investments in various international literary traditions are central to both his…
Dr. Tim Groenland (University College Dublin, Ireland)
The place of the editor in literary production is an ambiguous and often invisible one, requiring close attention to publishing history and (often inaccessible) archival resources to bring it into…
