by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 25, 2009 | craft of writing, details, reading |
So many things left unmentioned: David Foster Wallace’s skilled use of the French language: “Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rolants” (719) and hilarious translations from English to French: demi-maison (730) and from French to English: see Marathe...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 24, 2009 | details, life, time, truth |
David Foster Wallace in Infinite Jest… On Humor: This book is often laugh-out-loud funny. Hal: “I do things like get in a taxi and say, ‘The library, and step on it.'” (12) Hal: “I’m an O.E.D. man, Doctor.” (29) The Narrator...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 23, 2009 | craft of writing, details |
Following from yesterday’s Shakespeare quote, it’s interesting to note that the first two words of Hamlet are “Who’s there?” and the first two words of Infinite Jest are “I am”. I didn’t catch this. I read it on the...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 22, 2009 | journeys, truth |
So for those of you who are still reading–and not that there’s anything wrong with that–Infinite Summer has crossed infinite boundaries to become Infinite Autumn…(thanks for the title to Kim in a comment to yesterday’s post). And for...
by Cynthia Newberry Martin | Sep 21, 2009 | truth |
Well, today, Monday, September 21, 2009, is the official date on which page 981, the last page, of Infinite Jest is to be read. And I have finished. It is the end of Infinite Summer. I am shocked at how much I loved Infinite Jest. I’d thought it would be...
