| String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication Contributor(s): Wallace, David Foster (Author), Sullivan, John Jeremiah (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 1598534807 ISBN-13: 9781598534801 Publisher: Library of America OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Tennis - Sports & Recreation | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 796.342 |
| LCCN: 2015951697 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.8" (0.70 lbs) 158 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An instant classic of American sportswriting--the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, "the best mind of his generation" (A. O. Scott) and "the best tennis-writer of all time" (New York Times) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector's edition, here are David Foster Wallace's legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor's insight and a fan's obsessive enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers a wickedly witty disection of Tracy Austin's memoir; considers the artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the threshold of fame; resists the crush of commerce at the U.S. Open; and recalls his own career as a near-great junior player. Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction. |