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String theory

David Foster Wallace on tennis

byDavid Foster Wallace

Genres: Sports Sports Psychology

Who is this book for? Readers interested in sports, particularly tennis, and those who appreciate literary essays.

Topics IdentityFriendshipSurvival

MoodReflective

HumorOccasional Humor

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.An instant classic of American sports writing--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).

Language

Published on

05/10/2016

Pages

138

Format

Hardback

ISBN

9781598534801

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