Wallace, David Foster  | Little Brown and Company

0원  | 20110401  | 9780316178327

David Foster Wallace’s The Pale King was the most-reviewed book in the UK over the weekend and below are a selection of quotes testifying to the extraordinary reception the book and its publication have received. TIME Magazine ran an enormous feature/review of the book by Lev Grossman; it covers six sides of A4 printed out, and said ‘The Pale King represents Wallace's finest work as a novelist.’ New York Times, lead reviewer Michiko Kakutani has written a brilliant, massive review of the book. She says the novel is ‘His most emotionally immediate work … This novel reminds us what a remarkable observer Wallace was - a first-class “noticer,” to use a Saul Bellow term … In almost everything Wallace wrote, including “The Pale King,” he aimed to use words to lasso and somehow subdue the staggering, multifarious, cacophonous predicament that is modern American life.’

Wallace, David Foster  | Back Bay Books

38,160원  | 20120720  | 9780316074223

The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has. Imagined with the interior force and generosity that were David Foster Wallace's unique gifts, The Pale King grapples directly with ultimate questions - life's meaning, the value of work, the importance of connection - and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time.

David Foster Wallace  | Little Brown and Company

71,770원  | 20110415  | 9780316074230

The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has.