Brief Interviews With Hideous Men (English Edition) -

David Foster Wallace

Abacus

2012

338 páginas

11h 16m

ISBN-10: B0089YH6W4

In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person', a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World', which reveals a woman's agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many different guises. Thought-provoking and playful, this collection confirms David Foster Wallace as one of the most imaginative young writers around. Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the ironic, the surprising and the illuminating from every situation. His new collection will delight his growing number of fans, and provide a perfect introduction for new readers.

Resenhas (2)

4.5 (Muito bom)

... And other stories

This is a book of short stories casually interupted by the proposal presented in the title. This is the first book of Wallace that I have read in its entirety and one of the first books I've read in English. I don't think I'll ever recomend this to anyone, not that I didn't like it, I just don't think this is the best introduction to the author's works as some people were to eager to recomend.
I find comical his info-dump way of prrsenting certaing things and the stories were very palpable.