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2014
4.6(371 reviews)
Publisher: Library of America
158 pages
ISBN: 978-1598534801
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String Theory

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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 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.

Book Information

Title:String Theory
Author:David Foster Wallace
Series:David Foster Wallace Collections
Published:2014
Pages:158
ISBN-10:1598534807
ISBN-13:978-1598534801
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This book is part of the David Foster Wallace Collections series.