http://radlibrarian.com Thoughts on Books By a Metropolitan Librarian Thu, 26 Aug 2010 19:51:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://radlibrarian.com/2008/12/22/i-miss-david-foster-wallace/ http://radlibrarian.com/2008/12/22/i-miss-david-foster-wallace/#comments Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:29:55 +0000 marcus http://radlibrarian.com/?p=14 I’m re-reading all of the David Foster Wallace novels and essays in tribute to an amazing writer and critic who succomed to depression this fall.  All except Infinite Jest.  IJ is a mighty, crazy, challenging work that I’m thrilled I read, but like reading Ulysses, once was enough.  I needed to trust Wallace that IJ wasn’t just a bunch of post modern techinques without substance, and he delivered a tremenous reading experience.  If you don’t want to tackle IJ,  go with Oblivion: stories.  I know when Haruki Murakami dies, I’m going to completely fall apart.

    

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