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Brief interviews with hideous men
Author
Title
Brief interviews with hideous men / David Foster Wallace.
ISBN
0316925195
9780316925198
Edition
1st Back Bay pbk. ed.
Published
Boston : Back Bay Books, 2000, c1999.
Physical Description
321 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes
"Back Bay books."
Summary
Twenty-two stories tell of a frightened boy frozen on a diving board, a depressed woman trying to find help, and a group of men who try to rationalize their relationships with women.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 04, 2010
Contents
A radically condensed history of postindustrial life
Death is not the end
Forever overhead
Brief interviews with hideous men
Yet another example of the porousness of certain borders (XI)
The depressed person
The devil is a busy man
Think
Signifying nothing
Brief interviews with hideous men
Datum centurio
Octet
Adult world (I)
Adult world (II)
The devil is a busy man
Church not made with hands
Yet another example of the porousness of certain borders (VI)
Brief interviews with hideous men
Tri-Stan : I sold Sissee Nar to Ecko
On his deathbed, holding your hand, the acclaimed new young off-Broadway playwright's father begs a boon
Suicide as a sort of present
Brief interviews with hideous men
Yet another example of the porousness of certain borders (XXIV).
Subjects
Genre/Form
Short stories.
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