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David Foster Wallace it ain’t. https://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf https://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
by tomoyoirl 3y ago
David Foster Wallace it ain’t.
https://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf https://www.columbia.edu/~col8/lobsterarticle.pdf
- sdwr 3y agoWhat a terrible imitation! Uses the format of that classic, but completely butchers it. DFW did a dark reflection of a travel piece. His anti-social, elitist, nihilistic tone was expertly woven in, and creates tension between the subject and author. This just... is travel journalism, but using that one's structure? A mirror of a mirror, all meaning lost.
- justinator 3y agoHe did a piece on taking a cruise and hating it. Found himself in the ship's library being torched in chess by a 12 year old. chef's kiss