Sponsored by the morning news, participants were challenged to read and complete david foster wallace s novel infinite jest. Infinite jest is a grandly ambitious, wickedly comic epic on par with such great, sprawling novels of the twentieth century as ulysses, the recognitions, and gravitys rainbowwith a sophisticated lexicon and mesmerizing syntax reminiscent of william gaddis and william t. Infinite jest is a 1996 novel by american writer david foster wallace. Partly since it makes the book more accessible and partly because. The audio book club on david foster wallaces infinite jest. Infinite jest works well in audiobook form and this is in no small part helped by sean pratts fantastic reading complete with impressive changes in accent, tone and characterisation.
A handful of firsttime ij readers have expressed gratitude for infinite winter, without which theyve told me they wouldnt have read infinite jest. These are the endnotes to david foster wallaces infinite jest, a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. While i cant read the book not even the end notes for you, i. A novel kindle edition by nesi, edoardo, kilgarriff, alice. Infinite jest by david foster wallace part 12 unabridged version. Thoughts on the novel infinite jest and the infinite summer reading program. Later, the audiobook publishing company hired the narrator.
Hey all book owners, word lookers and narrative drinkers. Listen to the full audiobook infinite jest by david foster wallace for free. Me and a group of friends will be reading infinite jest over the summer, link below for the schedule. Infinite jest is one of those books that a lot of people know of but have never read. 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. If one of your reading resolutions is to finally finish infinite jest, david foster wallaces mammoth novel, im here to help. I cant recommend the purchase of the what at first appears to be the amazing ive heard good things about the audio. 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. I cant recommend the purchase of the what at first appears to. If youre not familiar with the book, its roundabout thousand pages are right up there in the list of often. Infinite jest audiobook, written by david foster wallace. The way the footnotes were handled in infinite jest was that they werent.
Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace at. For those who are joining the challenge of reading infinite jest by dfw this summer. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Three faces have resolved into place above summer weight sportcoats and halfwindsors across a polished pine. Reflections on infinite jest and infinite summer part 2. Infinite jest as infinite jest a supposedly fun blog. Download and keep this book for free with a 30 day trial.
This is long listen but the chapters are well paced, and as mentioned, sean pratt reads with a deep sensitivity and knowledge of the text and the author. Infinite summer formed in the summer of 2009 to read david foster wallaces masterwork infinite jest. Available on kindle ebook and can be read on any device with the free kindle app. Infinite jest reading group this summer, infinite summer reading schedule. Luckily that has been remedied and the endnotes were released as a separate audio file similar to using two bookmarks, ive had to use two audio players to bounce back and forth. Written by david foster wallace, narrated by sean pratt. Part of what makes this publication hard are generous undefined phrases deliberately. In june i havent read as many books as before mainly because i am participating in a readalong of infinite jest with ennet house a reading group from vancouver. The most comprehensive source of information on infinite jest. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest i guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point.
Its definitely got me reading books again, which is marvelous. Audiobook hd audio david foster wallace infinite jest 17. During the summer of 2005, whipped into a frenzy by my friend jake, i joined his infinite jest book club. Theyre only getting infinite jest preloaded on mp3 players, so it will be worth spending the credits to get that one downloadable. Infinite summer brings the reader back to italy in the 1970s, a time when growth and full employment propelled smart and industrious young men to create companies devoted to design. Join endurance bibliophiles from around the world in reading infinite jest over the summer of 2009, june 21st to september 22nd. Written by david foster wallace, audiobook narrated by sean pratt. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness. The novel is widely noted for its unconventional narrative structure and its experimental use of endnotes there are a total of 388. Infinite summer was an online book clubstyle project started by writer matthew baldwin. Infinite jest, david foster wallace 1996 audio book read by sean pratt. Join us for a summer long read through of infinite jest. Infinite summer yyc is open to anyone interested in reading or rereading, or trying to read for the nth time infinite jest over the summer of 2014.
Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, infinite jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. The beloved 1100page novel is david foster wallaces magnum opus and one of the most influential books of its time, but did you know he. Heres how i finally read infinite jest and how you can, too. Signin to download and listen to this audiobook today. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace.
Luckily that has been remedied and the endnotes were released as a separate audio file similar to using two bookmarks, ive had to use two audio. Infinite jest audiobook endnotes on the way infinite jest the. Thousands of socially networked bibliophiles have pledged to tackle david foster wallaces infinite jest over three months this summer. Infinite winter read infinite jest with a few hundred of. I hadnt realized how much the internet had affected my ability to just sit. The audiobook for infinite jest was released in 2012. I was going to wait on it, but not that even infinite summer. David foster wallaces death ten years later and infinite. Infinite jest by david foster wallace audiobook 77 duration. Infinite jest has been on my reading pile for ages but, despite adoring my recent birthday present of foster wallaces short stories, oblivion, i just havent had the strength of mind to start it. When you buy the audio edition of ij, you get the novel sans footnotes. Audible and downpour have great audiobooks for infinite jest, and all his other works are there as well. Infinite jest audiobook endnotes on the way infinite jest readers might recall some of the concerns and criticisms last month about the release of the lack of recorded end notes in the infinite jest. Sponsored by the morning news, participants were challenged to read and complete david foster wallaces novel infinite jest at.
Today marks ten years since author david foster wallace died. Infinite jest, david foster wallace 1996 audio book read by. A counter view to life during italys years of lead edoardo nesis new novel, infinite summer translated from the italian by alice kilgarriff, takes place in tuscany between august 1972. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. I have not eliminated infinite jest s map, but i have walked its length. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers audiobook by. Infinite jest audiobook david foster wallace audible. Infinite summers end david foster wallace celebration isedfwc. Reflections on infinite jest and infinite summer youtube. I hadnt realized how much the internet had affected my ability to just sit down and read a book, and looking back the first half of ij was all that tougher because i was retraining my attention span. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book. I found that the audiobook really kept me going the first time. A philistines guide to literature podcast is reading infinite jest with us. Thousands of socially networked bibliophiles have pledged to tackle david foster wallaces infinite jest over three months this summer, endnotes and all, as part of the infinite summerchallenge.
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