Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Ratings11
Average rating3.9
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Ratings11
Average rating3.9
David Foster Wallace made an art of taking readers into places no other writer even gets near. In his exuberantly acclaimed collection, BRIEF INTERVIEWS WITH HIDEOUS MEN, he combined hilarity and an escalating disquiet in stories that astonish, entertain, and expand our ideas of the pleasures that fiction can afford.
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incredibly poetic and rich prose, all the while remaining witty and selfaware. reading the first part of adult world (i) i wanted to have a husband; reading adult world (ii) made me want to write. church not made with hands was so stunning and tis-stan was hilarous, just as on his deathbed
Brilliant writing that attempts to push the boundaries of fiction while providing depressing/hilarious insights into the human condition.
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“She viewed everything in life with apprehension, as if every occasion and opportunity were some sort of dreadfully important exam for which she had been too lazy or stupid to prepare properly.”
So great. I'm apprehensive to jump on the “openly loving DFW” bandwagon, but I really enjoyed how he plays with form.
