{"product_id":"9780141046754-both-flesh-and-not","title":"Both Flesh And Not","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCombines the author's essays with work published in the UK. This title collects fifteen essays.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoth Flesh and Not\u003c\/i\u003e combines David Foster Wallace's best-loved essays with work never before published in the UK.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeloved for his brilliantly discerning eye, his verbal elasticity and his uniquely generous imagination, David Foster Wallace was heralded by critics and fans as the voice of a generation. Collected in \u003ci\u003eBoth Flesh and Not\u003c\/i\u003e are fifteen essays published for the first time in book form, including writing never published before in the UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 'Federer Both Flesh and Not', considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece; to 'The (As it Were) Seminal Importance of \u003ci\u003eTerminator 2\u003c\/i\u003e,' which deftly dissects James Cameron's blockbuster; to 'Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young', an examination of television's effect on a new generation of writers, David Foster Wallace's writing swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our twentieth-century cultural references.\u003cbr\u003eA celebration of Wallace's great loves - for language, for precision, for meaning - and a feast of enjoyment for his fans, \u003ci\u003eBoth Flesh and Not\u003c\/i\u003e is a fitting tribute to this writer who was never concerned with anything less important than what it means to be alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBoth Flesh and Not\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Whether dwelling on the real-world implications of metaphysics [or the] pop constructions of pure maths . \u003ci\u003eBoth Flesh and Not\u003c\/i\u003e brims with jewels of insight and expression'  \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'At their best these essays remind us of Wallace's arsenal of talents: his restless, heat-seeking reportorial eye; his ability to convey the physical or emotional truth of things with a couple of flicks of the wrist; his capacity to make leaps, from the mundane to the metaphysical, with breathtaking velocity and ardor'  Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Excellent in its entirety and just as quietly, unflinchingly soul-stirring'  \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'There are times, reading his work, when you get halfway through a sentence and gasp involuntarily, and for a second you feel lucky that there was, at least for a time, someone who could make sense like no other of what it is to be a human in our era of \"Total Noise\"'  \u003ci\u003eTelegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the best writers of our time . If you've never read David Foster Wallace before, his masterful study of Roger Federer, included in this anthology, is an ideal place to start'  US \u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fine collection . you could more or less open it at random and find something to demonstrate the man's prodigious'  \u003ci\u003eGuardian \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The best passages are those that celebrate words and the author's relationship with them . It is a treasure trove for those who love the complexities of language'  US \u003ci\u003eTimeout\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, was the author of the acclaimed novels \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Broom of the System\u003c\/i\u003e. His final novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Pale King\u003c\/i\u003e, was published posthumously in 2011. He is also the author of the short-story collections \u003ci\u003eOblivion\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrief Interviews with Hideous Men\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGirl with Curious Hair\u003c\/i\u003e, and his non-fiction includes several essay collections and the full-length work \u003ci\u003eEverything and More\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56449709638006,"sku":"9780141046754","price":10.02,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_26928875.jpg?v=1760446536","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780141046754-both-flesh-and-not","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}