How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times, commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading.

About the Author
David Foster Wallace is the author of two novels; three story collections; and three nonfiction collections. He was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and numerous other awards. He died in September 2008.


Book Information
ISBN 9780316068222
Author David Foster Wallace
Format Hardback
Page Count 144
Imprint Little, Brown & Company
Publisher Little, Brown & Company
Weight(grams) 170g
Dimensions(mm) 175mm * 121mm * 16mm