Katy V. reviewed on 8/24/2011 + 5 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 1

This book is a post-postmodern book of short stories with a very stylistically intrusive author. I loved it because occasionally David Foster Wallace will describe some emotion or experience in such direct, perfect language that I can barely stand it. When he stops playing with form and function and stops winking and nodding at his content, he is a master of recreating the human experience in fresh words. I recognized myself in his characters and it was brilliant. HOWEVER! His style is not for everyone.
I give the book 5 stars because A) it contains occasionally nuggets of gold and B) it's a necessary read if you are a fan of / student of modern literature.

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