Both Flesh and Not

Resumen del libro

Collected in Both Flesh and Not are fifteen essays published for the first time in book form, including writing never published before in the UK. From Federer Both Flesh and Not , considered by many to be his nonfiction masterpiece; to The (As it Were) Seminal Importance of Terminator 2 , which deftly dissects James Cameron's blockbuster; to Fictional Futures and the Conspicuously Young , an examination of television's effect on a new generation of writers, David Foster Wallace's writing swoops from erudite literary discussion to open-hearted engagement with the most familiar of our twentieth-century cultural references. A celebration of David Foster Wallace's great loves - for language, for precision, for meaning - and a feast of enjoyment for his fans, Both Flesh and Not is a fitting tribute to this writer who was never concerned with anything less important than what it means to be alive.

Biografía del autor

David Foster Wallace (Nueva York, 1962; Claremont, California, 2008) es el autor de novelas como La escoba del sistema (1987) o La broma infinita (1996), de libros de relatos como La niña del pelo raro (1986) o Extinción (2004), y de ensayos como Algo supuestamente divertido que no volveré a hacer (1997) o Hablemos de langostas (2005). El conjunto de su obra está considerado como uno de los más influyentes y relevantes de la literatura internacional de finales del siglo xx.