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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication

 
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String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication

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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.

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EAN/ISBN:
9781598534801
Medium:
Bound edition
Number of pages:
158
Publication date:
2016-05-10
Publisher:
Library of America
Languages:
english
EAN/ISBN:
9781598534801
Medium:
Bound edition
Number of pages:
158
Publication date:
2016-05-10
Publisher:
Library of America
Languages:
english

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