publications like The New Yorker, Harper’s, The Atlantic, and The Paris Review. In the stories that make up OBLIVION, David Foster Wallace conjoins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite convolutions of self-consciousness - a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his. So here they are 23 pieces published by David Foster Wallace between 19, mostly in major U.S. Each new book confirms and extends his genius, and this new short story collection is. Goddamn him' ZADIE SMITH A recognised master of form and a brilliant recorder of human behaviour, David Foster Wallace has been hailed as 'the most significant writer of his generation' (TLS). He's so modern he's in a different time-space continuum from the rest of us. He can do anything with a piece of prose, and it is a humbling experience to see him go to work on what has passed up till now as 'modern fiction'. * A brand new short story collection from 'the most significant writer of his generation' (TLS) Num Pages: 336 pages.
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