A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers to be better than the print version. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 17 youtube. Download audiobooks written by jane isaac to your device. Shakespeares book of insults, insights and infinite jests by william shakespeare and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Absolutely, for the novice to this type of literary fiction, i cannot tell you how many times i have started and given up on the actual book. Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace available from rakuten kobo.
I have yet to find any site that shows the total length of the audio book. David foster wallaces infinite jest is an audiobook, minus. Infinite jest is more or less evenly split between the story of the incandenza family, dysfunctional proprietors of a tennis academy, and that of the residents. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest. Audiobook hd audio david foster wallace infinite jest 17. This performance by sean pratt is really humorous, sad and entertaining. Read infinite jest by david foster wallace available from rakuten kobo. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book. The lack of physicality is a bummer, but i feel its vastly compensated by. I received an email earlier today from a reader who had excitedly received their unabridged audio book of. Buy infinite jest book online at low prices in india. We felt that it was important to make infinite jest accessible in the audio format as soon as we were able, and are gratified to find that there is an audience that has been waiting for just this occasion. I recall seeing an unabridged version floating around.
Hal incandenza, a tennis prodigy and drug user as a result of. Would you consider the audio edition of infinite jest. Protagonist in david foster wallaces infinite jest. Infinite jest book club tackles the big tome on its 20th. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in recent fiction, infinite jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to so dominate our lives. Written by david foster wallace, narrated by sean pratt. He had a convenient reason to start infinite winter in 2016 its the 20th anniversary of infinite jest. Partly since it makes the book more accessible and partly because it lets you enjoy the flow of wallaces prose. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. I received an email earlier today from a reader who had excitedly received their unabridged audio book of infinite jest only to discover that in. On march 27, hachette audio released david foster wallaces magnum opus infinite jest most of it, at least as a 56hourlong audiobook. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace, narrated by sean pratt. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers, david foster wallace. Infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace 9781609418120.
But the emergent figure of gatelywounded, desperate, but able to find and give loveallows infinite jest to work as a postmodern saga of damnation and salvation. Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. My copy of the book is sawn in three, abused, with smudges of food across its pages, from when i couldnt stop. Some early listeners have been disappointed that the novels endnotes are currently available only in text form, to be read. Theyre only getting infinite jest preloaded on mp3 players, so it will be worth spending the credits to get that one downloadable. Infinite jest is a clear example of how humans add to the confusion of the world. I guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point. Infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace, read by sean pratt. Wallace wrote to a friend that the fuckers cut by 600 pages from the first version. Buy infinite jest book online at best prices in india on. Infinite jest ebook by david foster wallace rakuten kobo. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace. Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace at.
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