The Pale King
An Unfinished Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
David Foster Wallace's final and most ambitious undertaking-an audacious and hilarious look into the abyss of ordinary life. Set in the oppressive fluorescent glow of an IRS tax-return processing center in Peoria, Illinois, THE PALE KINGS is a novel that...
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David Foster Wallace's final and most ambitious undertaking-an audacious and hilarious look into the abyss of ordinary life. Set in the oppressive fluorescent glow of an IRS tax-return processing center in Peoria, Illinois, THE PALE KINGS is a novel that confronts one of the greatest challenges of life and art: the ordinary, familiar, soul-dampening routine of the everyday. Wallace illuminates timeless questions with a humanity and humor that was uniquely his. Although incomplete, The PALE KING is nonetheless profound, deeply moving, and a novel for the ages.
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The agents at the IRS Regional Examination Center in Peoria, Illinois, appear ordinary enough to newly arrived trainee David Foster Wallace. But as he immerses himself in a routine so tedious and repetitive that new employees receive boredom-survival training, he learns of the extraordinary variety of personalities drawn to this strange calling. And he has arrived at a moment when forces within the IRS are plotting to eliminate even what little humanity and dignity the work still has.The Pale King remained unfinished at the time of David Foster Wallace's death, but it is a deeply compelling and satisfying novel, hilarious and fearless and as original as anything Wallace ever undertook. It grapples directly with ultimate questions--questions of life's meaning and of the value of work and society--through characters imagined with the interior force and generosity that were Wallace's unique gifts. Along the way it suggests a new idea of heroism and commands infinite respect for one of the most daring writers of our time.
Autoren-Porträt von David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace, geb. 1962 geboren, gilt als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter der amerikanischen Literatur. Er studierte Philosophie und unterrichtete zuletzt Creative Writing am Pomona College in Claremont, Kalifornien. David Foster Wallace starb am 12. September 2008.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Foster Wallace
- 2011, 560 Seiten, Maße: 15,1 x 23,5 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN-10: 0316178322
- ISBN-13: 9780316178327
Sprache:
Englisch
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