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David Foster Wallace (1962–2008) was an American author of novels, essays, and short stories. In addition to writing, Wallace was employed as a professor at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois , and Pomona College in Claremont, California .
Songs written by Foster, with original artists, co-writers and originating album, showing year released. Title Artist(s) Co-writer(s) Originating album Year Ref. "After the Love Has Gone" † Earth, Wind & Fire
Oblivion: Stories (2004) is a collection of short fiction by the American writer David Foster Wallace. Oblivion is Wallace's third and last short story collection and was listed as a 2004 New York Times Notable Book of the Year. [1] In the stories, Wallace explores the nature of reality, dreams, trauma, and the "dynamics of consciousness."
David Foster Wallace (February 21, 1962 – September 12, 2008) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace's 1996 novel Infinite Jest was cited by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2005. [ 1 ]
Books by David Foster Wallace (4 P) N. ... Pages in category "Works by David Foster Wallace" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
Pages in category "Novels by David Foster Wallace" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In a 2023 article for the London Review of Books, Patricia Lockwood called the novella "enthralling" and wrote: "It is the first time his nostalgia sounded adult to me, looking back at childhood not just as the site of personal formation but as the primal experience of bureaucracy: queues, signs, your own name on the line, textures of waiting ...
The book centers on the comparatively normal Lenore Beadsman, a 24-year-old telephone switchboard operator who gets caught in the middle of a Cleveland-based character drama. Lenore deals with three separate crises: her great-grandmother's escape from a nursing home , a neurotic boyfriend, and a suddenly vocal pet cockatiel .