David Foster Wallace, Author of Infinite Jest, Dead at 46
Wallace hung himself in his Claremont home. I read Infinite Jest at a point in my life when I was as much between things as I ever was, and it was like my rock while I sailed the long route through its pages and passages. I found a lot of me, of the isolation of my childhood, in that book. Like Robertson Davies’ Deptford Trilogy, and Celine’s Journey to the End of the Night, Foster’s longer works were places that I found myself reflected in multiple and in fragments. He is with the Giants of Literature now, and for the ages.
David Foster Wallace did few interviews, two for Charlie Rose. Above is a roundtable he participated in with Johnathan Franzen and Mark Leyner and below is one with Charlie (he starts at 36 minutes into the top video and 23 minutes into the video below).
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September 14th, 2008 at
Maybe a small point, but Camus didn’t write Voyage au bout de la nuit, Celine did. They are totally different men and writers.
September 14th, 2008 at
Thanks for the correction. I was writing in a hurry and I can’t believe I made that typo.
September 15th, 2008 at
while i am not familiar with his works, I was deeply distressed at his passing. It mirrored a passing of a familymember less than a year ago. at the end of the day, all i can say is that the ways of the human soul and of pain are so unfathomable.
god bless David and may he rest in his needed peace,
whatever that needed peace is.
September 16th, 2008 at
Check out Michael Silverblatt’s series of interviews with DFW over at KCRW. com. I didn’t realize they were there until Silverblatt mentioned them today; I’m heading there now.