The Resource Every love story is a ghost story : a life of David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max
Every love story is a ghost story : a life of David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max
- Summary
- "The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his era, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace's tormented, anguished and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest. Since his untimely death by suicide at the age of forty-six in 2008, Wallace has become more than the quintessential writer for his time--he has become a symbol of sincerity and honesty in an inauthentic age. In the end, as Max shows us, what is most interesting about Wallace is not just what he wrote but how he taught us all to live. Written with the cooperation of Wallace's family and friends and with access to hundreds of his unpublished letters, manuscripts, and audio tapes, this portrait of an extraordinarily gifted writer is as fresh as news, as intimate as a love note, as painful as a goodbye." -- Publisher
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 356 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670025923
- Label
- Every love story is a ghost story : a life of David Foster Wallace
- Title
- Every love story is a ghost story
- Title remainder
- a life of David Foster Wallace
- Statement of responsibility
- D.T. Max
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The first biography of the most influential writer of his generation, David Foster Wallace David Foster Wallace was the leading literary light of his era, a man who not only captivated readers with his prose but also mesmerized them with his brilliant mind. In this, the first biography of the writer, D. T. Max sets out to chart Wallace's tormented, anguished and often triumphant battle to succeed as a novelist as he fights off depression and addiction to emerge with his masterpiece, Infinite Jest. Since his untimely death by suicide at the age of forty-six in 2008, Wallace has become more than the quintessential writer for his time--he has become a symbol of sincerity and honesty in an inauthentic age. In the end, as Max shows us, what is most interesting about Wallace is not just what he wrote but how he taught us all to live. Written with the cooperation of Wallace's family and friends and with access to hundreds of his unpublished letters, manuscripts, and audio tapes, this portrait of an extraordinarily gifted writer is as fresh as news, as intimate as a love note, as painful as a goodbye." -- Publisher
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- Title
- Every love story is a ghost story
- Creator
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- Summary
- Profiles the life of the influential and tormented literary figure, drawing on conversations with family and friends as well as hundreds of unpublished letters, manuscripts, and audio recordings to offer insight into his authentic writing style and his 2008 suicide
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10133461
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
-
- 813/.54
- B
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS3573.A425635
- LC item number
- Z83 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a life of David Foster Wallace
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- a life of David Foster Wallace
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- D.T. Max
- Label
- Every love story is a ghost story : a life of David Foster Wallace, D.T. Max
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- ocn779263461
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
- http://contentcafe2.btol.com/ContentCafe/Jacket.aspx?UserID=EBSDVR53400&Password=CC19341&Return=1&Type=M&Value=9780670025923&erroroverride=1
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- http://library.link/vocab/discovery_link
- {'DOVER': 'https://librarycatalog.dover.nh.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=72820'}
- Extent
- x, 356 p.
- Isbn
- 9780670025923
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Lccn
- 2012008488
Subject
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
- Wallace, David Foster
- Wallace, David Foster.
- Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Biographies
- Life stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- Life stories -- Facing adversity | Medical issues | Mental illness
- Men with depression
- Suicide victims
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