6/12/2023 0 Comments Onan infinite jest![]() 12, 2008, Wallace committed suicide in California. After writing “Infinite Jest,” which is 1,100 pages with 330 footnotes, Wallace continued to write and teach at Emerson College and Illinois State University. ![]() Wallace, born in 1962, attended Amherst College and struggled with depression and addiction to drugs and alcohol throughout much of his young life. I decided I had to embark upon a literary journey unlike any other I have previously contemplated - I had to read “Infinite Jest.”īut to read “Infinite Jest” is to voyeuristically look into Wallace’s past, which provided much of the backbone of the novel. Upon further research after viewing the film, Foster’s magnetism drew me in even more. I found his persona fascinating in “The End of the Tour,” the movie adaptation of last few days of the “Infinite Jest” book tour. ![]() The start of my enthrallment with David Foster Wallace would have infuriated the deceased, reclusive author - it began when I watched someone else espouse his ideas in a film version of his life. ![]()
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