David Foster Wallace Is Dead
Sad news for the literary world - influential writer David Foster Wallace, 46 years old, was found dead of suicide on Friday at his California home.
I haven't been so ambitious as to tackle the 1,079-page "Infinite Jest", which is by many accounts a sprawling, complex, darkly humorous masterpiece of postmodern literature, and now I will feel a little worse about this neglect.
Links:
NY Times obit: David Foster Wallace Found Dead
Salon: In Memory of David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008
Michiko Kakutani: Exuberant Riffs on a Land Run Amok
2 comments:
RIP daw
He was possibly the most self-indulgent author who ever lived, but also one of the most enjoyable to read. He'll be missed.
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