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String Theory: David Foster Wallace On Tennis: A Library Of America Special Publication

by David Foster Wallace

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An instant classic of American sportswriting—the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “the best mind of his generation” (A. O. Scott) and “the best tennis-writer of all time” (New York Times)  Gathered for the fir... Read more
An instant classic of American sportswriting—the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “the best mind of his generation” (A. O. Scott) and “the best tennis-writer of all time” (New York Times)
 
Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector''s edition, here are David Foster Wallace''s legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor''s insight and a fan''s obsessive enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers a wickedly witty disection of Tracy Austin''s memoir; considers the artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the threshold of fame; resists the crush of commerce at the U.S. Open; and recalls his own career as a "near-great" junior player.

Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction. Less

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File size9.03 X 5.71 X 0.66 in
Print pages158
PublisherLibrary of America
Publication date May 10, 2016
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781598534801
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David Foster Wallace
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David Foster Wallace (Feb 21, 1962 – Sep 12, 2008) was an American author of novels, short stories and essays, and a university professor of English and creative writing. Wallace is widely known for...

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