String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
Hardcover 158 pages English May 10, 2016
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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.
- Author:
- David Foster Wallace
- Publisher:
- Library of America
- Publication Date:
- May 10, 2016
- Number of pages:
- 158 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10:
- 1598534807
- ISBN-13:
- 9781598534801