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.
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
ISBN-10: 1598534807
ISBN-13 : 978-1598534801
Publisher : Library of America; Illustrated edition (May 10, 2016)
Language : English
Hardcover: 158 pages
Reading Age : None
Dimensions : 5.71 x 0.63 x 9.03 inches
Item Weight : 12.8 ounces
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