infinite jest von david foster (45 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: gut. 4. Auflage. 1480 g. Aus dem Amerikanischen von Ulrich Blumenbach. Helle, leichte Verfärbungen am Einband u. vord. Schnitt. Name auf Vorsatz. deutsch 1547 pages.

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Zustand: Very Good. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: good. Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present.

Zustand: Near Fine. Advance Reading Copy. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition, signed by the author, as issued by the publisher. Near Fine with light wear to wraps; a beautiful copy. The late author's magnum-opus, and one of the most important literary works to come out of the 1990s (also known as pre-subsidized time).

Zustand: Very Good. Advance Reading Copy. Advance uncorrected proof of the first edition, signed by the author as issued by the publisher. Very Good with wear to covers, small tear to foot of upper spine joint. Type on contact information label to front cover is scribbled out in ink, several pages are wavy. The late author's magnum-opus, and one of the most important literary works to come out of the 1990s (also known as pre-subsidized time, as the Year of the Depend Adult Undergarment where most of the novel's actions occur is most likely either 2008 or 2009.).

Leinen. Zustand: gut. Lizenzausgabe. Gelber Ganzleineneinband mit zweifarbig geprägtem Rücken- und Deckeltitel, zweifarbig geprägten Deckelbildern und Lesebändchen. Der Einband leicht berieben, die untere Ecke des Vorderdeckels und einige Seiten ebd. mit winziger Stauchung, die Schnitte und einzelne Seitenränder ebd. puntuell mit kleiner Bereibung, ansonsten guter Erhaltungszustand. "DAS literarische Ereignis in diesem Jahr! Vor einem Jahr nahm sich David Foster Wallace, einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der amerikanischen Literatur, das Leben. Sechs Jahre lang hat Ulrich Blumenbach an der Übersetzung von Wallaces Opus magnum gearbeitet, dem größten Übersetzungsprojekt in der Geschichte des Verlags. Unendlicher Spaß - so nannte James Incandenza seinen Film, der Menschen, die ihn anschauen, so verhext, dass sie sich nicht mehr von ihm lösen können und dabei verdursten und verhungern. Sein Sohn Hal, ein Tenniswunderkind mit außergewöhnlichen intellektuellen Fähigkeiten, studiert an der Enfield Tennis Academy, die von seinem Vater gegründet wurde. Hier sowie im nahe gelegenen Ennet-House, einem Entziehungsheím für Drogenabhängige, spielt ein Teil der überbordenden Handlung, die jeden literarischen Kosmos sprengt - in einem leicht in die Zukunft versetzten Amerika, das mit Kanada und Mexiko die "Organisation der nordamerikanischen Nationen" bildet und von radikalen Separatisten in Kanada bekämpft wird. 1996 erschien Infinite Jest in den USA und machte David Foster Wallace über Nacht zum Superstar der Literaturszene. Die sprachliche Kreativität, die ungeheure Themenvielfalt, die treffsichere Gesellschaftskritik, scharfe Analyse sowie der Humor machen den Roman zum Meilenstein der amerikanischen Literatur. Ulrich Blumenbach hat sechs Jahre lang an der Übersetzung gearbeitet, und seine kongeniale Übertragung ins Deutsche gibt deutschsprachigen Lesern nun endlich die Möglichkeit, das Buch kennen zu lernen." (Verlagstext) David Foster Wallace (* 21. Februar 1962 in Ithaca, New York; gestorben [Freitod] 12. September 2008 in Claremont, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller und Hochschullehrer. Bekannt wurde er durch seinen 1996 veröffentlichten Roman Infinite Jest (Unendlicher Spaß). Das Magazin Time zählt das Werk zu den wichtigsten englischsprachigen Romanen, die zwischen 1923 und 2005 erschienen sind. Wallace' Leben war vom Kampf gegen seine schwere Depression und seine Alkoholabhängigkeit gekennzeichnet. Er nahm sich im Alter von 46 Jahren während einer schweren depressiven Episode das Leben. Zum literarischen Nachlass von Wallace zählt ein nicht vollendeter Roman, der 2011 unter dem Titel The Pale King (deutscher Titel: Der bleiche König) erschien. Das Buch war 2012 für den Pulitzer-Preis nominiert. Die Jury konnte sich allerdings nicht auf einen der drei Finalisten einigen, sodass der Preis 2012 nicht vergeben wurde. (Wikipedia) In deutscher Sprache. 1547, (3) pages. 8° (145 x 220mm).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. FIRST. A near fine FIRST IN DJ. First Edition. Hardcover. Stated first edition. Full number line to 1 with MV-NY. tiny spot on top edge. UNREAD.

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1079 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Uncorrected advance proof. Uncorrected advance proof. 1079 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. "Infinite Jest" is the name of a movie said to be so entertaining that anyone who watches it loses all desire to do anything but watch it over and over. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, the book bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing its own entertainment value. Printed wrappers with the published cover as an image, with "Special Galleys Signed by the Author" printed at the bottom, with a marketing contact sticker at the top, some rubbing, very good plus.

First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Signed promotional of Infinite Jest laid in. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider. In 2004, Chad Harbach declared that, in retrospect, Infinite Jest "now looks like the central American novel of the past thirty years, a dense star for lesser work to orbit." In a 2008 retrospective by The New York Times, Infinite Jest was described as "a masterpiece that's also a monster nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric." Time Magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider. In 2004, Chad Harbach declared that, in retrospect, Infinite Jest "now looks like the central American novel of the past thirty years, a dense star for lesser work to orbit." In a 2008 retrospective by The New York Times, Infinite Jest was described as "a masterpiece that's also a monster nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric." Time Magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

First edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed and dated in the year of publication on the title page, "Hello! David Foster Wallace 2/96." Fine in a fine first state dust jacket with Vollmann misspelled on the back panel. Jacket design by Steve Snider. In 2004, Chad Harbach declared that, in retrospect, Infinite Jest "now looks like the central American novel of the past thirty years, a dense star for lesser work to orbit." In a 2008 retrospective by The New York Times, Infinite Jest was described as "a masterpiece that's also a monster nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric." Time Magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

Uncorrected proof of the first edition of the author's magnum opus. Thick octavo, original wrappers. Boldly signed by David Foster Wallace. In near fine condition. In 2004, Chad Harbach declared that, in retrospect, Infinite Jest "now looks like the central American novel of the past thirty years, a dense star for lesser work to orbit." In a 2008 retrospective by The New York Times, Infinite Jest was described as "a masterpiece that's also a monster nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric." Time Magazine included the novel in its list of the 100 best English-language novels published since 1923.

First edition, first printing. This 1,079-page post-modernist masterpiece was released to "rapturous reviews. Overnight Wallace was deemed the most prominent writer of his generation" (ANB). The jacket is in the first state, with Vollmann misspelled as "Vollman" on the rear panel. Octavo, pp. 1079. Original blue boards, blue imitation-cloth backstrip lettered in silver, front cover with publisher's imprint in blind. With dust jacket. Spine ends gently rubbed, edges foxed and with handful of marks; jacket unclipped: a very good copy in fine jacket.

Unbound. Zustand: Fine. Photocopy of an early partial draft provided to the publisher. Loose quarto sheets with unprinted black stiff cardstock at the front and back acting as makeshift covers. [1], 251pp., plus seven additional "A" pages, photomechanically reproduced rectos only. With a photocopy of a two-page letter from Wallace to his agent and another of a one-page letter from his agent to Little, Brown submitting this draft, along with 20 pages of reviews of Wallace's previous work. Fine, with only subtle wear to the card wrappers. A fascinating early version of the first two sections of *Infinite Jest*, sent by Wallace's agent Bonnie Nadell to Michael Pietsch of Little, Brown and Company in June, 1992, four years before they published the book to critical acclaim. Accompanying the draft is a photo copy of a two-page typed letter from Wallace, dated April 15, 1992, to "Dear Bonnie and Gerry and Whatever Other Trusted and Hopefully Trustworthy Persons End Up Reading This." In this letter, which apparently was sent to his agents with the first two sections of the book, he describes *Infinite Jest* as "a novel, although structurally it's not much like any other novels I've seen." Wallace describes his reasons for sending sections 1 and 2 first"I am nervous about this whole thing, not only because of advance-phobias, but because there are ways in which these first 250-odd pages differ from other parts of *Infinite Jest* and from the completed project as a whole"and spends several paragraphs unpacking them. In true Wallace fashion, about a half-page following the letter's close is dedicated to "Required Caveats." Wallace notes in the letter that he estimates that "at least 30% of the material in the present sections 1 and 2 will be cut from the final completed mss.," as well as the fact that pages 195-251 are "at least a draft rougher than the first 194pp." His reasoning is that most serious editing should not be undertaken until the manuscript is finished. April 1992 was a difficult time for Wallace. According to *Rolling Stone*, he had previously been working as a towel boy at a fancy health club in Auburndale, Massachusetts. Around this time he wrote his agent Bonnie Nadell that he was considering giving up writing. In the month he sent the letter present here, he and his good friend, author Jonathan Franzen moved to Syracuse, New York, where Wallace found his second wind and wrote steadily for a year; by the summer of 1993 (he had by then moved back to Illinois), the first draft was 3/4 finished. It clocked in at over 1,700 pages. Pietsch, to whom this document was addressed, would end up editing *Infinite Jest* for Little, Brown. In an interview in *Sonora Review*, Pietsch recalls: "I received on submission from David Wallace's agent, Bonnie Nadell, around 150 pages of *Infinite Jest*, the opening section. They were wild, smart, funny, sad, and unlike any pages of manuscript I'd ever held in my hands. The range of voices and settings sent me reeling." This is likely that same draft with the differences in this draft from the final published text as complex as the novel itself. The most immediately notable are the opening pages of this draft were moved to page 27 of the book and Hal, whom Wallace called the novel's protagonist, is de-aged from 13 to 10. From there things become quite amorphous with countless small changes of names and phrases, sections rearranged upon final publication, and many parts added or greatly expanded, we suspect, becoming the basis for nearly 400 pages of the published text. A true Wallace rarity, almost certainly reproduced in very small numbers, and worthy of greater study. We could locate only one other copy, in Wallace's papers at the University of Texas.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with light soiling, light wear to spine and light rubbing to bottom corner of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with William T. Vollmann's name misspelled and light shelf wear. A lovely copy of the late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.

Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Signed by David Foster Wallace on the title page. Near Fine with toning to top and bottom board edges, bumped corners, light soiling to front cover and stain to bottom of textblock edge. In a Near Fine unclipped dust jacket with William T. Vollmann's name misspelled. A lovely copy of the late author's magnum opus and post-modern masterpiece.