Thursday, August 8, 2013
Infinitely Impactful
Infinite Jest will eventually invade any reader. If you stick with this book (and I realize that is asking a lot), there will be a point when David Foster Wallace will infiltrate your being.
That moment came for me when a drug addict gave birth to a faceless baby. I received a warning, so I braced myself, but DFW had a talent for invasion of personal space. This scene impacted me personally based on two cases of mine, and, much like his manipulative quiz/essay/mind-f#@k from Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, I felt abused afterward.
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