OBLIVION: STORIES
Book ID/图书代码： 04940010B41676
English Summary/英文概要： In the stories that make up Oblivion, David Foster Wallace joins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite involutions of self-consciousness--a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his. These are worlds undreamt-of by any other mind. Only David Foster Wallace could convey a father’s desperate loneliness by way of his son’s daydreaming through a teacher’s homicidal breakdown ("The Soul Is Not a Smithy"). Or could explore the deepest and most hilarious aspects of creativity by delineating the office politics surrounding a magazine profile of an artist who produces miniature sculptures in an anatomically inconceivable way ("The Suffering Channel"). Or capture the ache of love’s breakdown in the painfully polite apologies of a man who believes his wife is hallucinating the sound of his snoring ("Oblivion"). Each of these stories is a complete world, as fully imagined as most entire novels, at once preposterously surreal and painfully immediate. Oblivion is an arresting and hilarious creation from a writer "whose best work challenges and reinvents the art of fiction" (Atlanta Journal-Constitution).
Chinese Summary/中文概要： ★孤独怪异的头号天才，强烈致瘾的神奇佳作！大卫·福斯特·华莱士短篇小说集
★ 大卫·福斯特·华莱士，当代作家中的独特存在，美国千禧一代青年心中的精神偶像
★ 媲美托马斯·品钦、唐·德里罗的后现代小说家，与乔纳森·弗兰岑并称美国文学“双璧”
★ 麦克阿瑟天才奖得主，代表作《无尽的玩笑》被《时代》周刊评选为1923年以来世界百部zui佳英文小说之一，遗作《苍白的国王》入围普利策奖
★ 本书（oblivion）为华莱士生前最后一部短篇小说集，曾入选2004年《纽约时报》年度图书
《永远在上》是大卫·福斯特·华莱士的短篇小说集，收录了华莱士九篇风格多样、精彩绝伦的短篇小说，其中包括备受赞誉的《永远在上》，小说将一个少年从登上高台到跳入水中的过程及其心境变化写得丝丝入扣，村上春树称其为“一篇将冷酷与温情溶于一炉的神奇佳作”。之外还收录有2002年获得欧•亨利短篇小说奖的《美好的昔日霓虹》，以及《受难频道》《另一个先锋》《遗忘》等名篇。整个短篇集是华莱士关于“现实性，梦想，心灵伤害以及意识动态”的深入探索，体现了华莱士惊人的心灵洞察力和天才的文学禀赋。(DB)
Awards/获奖情况：Link to The Guardian’s review and feature of OBLIVION:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2004/aug/01/fiction.features1
Praise for OBLIVION:
“David Foster Wallace writes so beautifully, is so show-offishly smart and understands the intricacies of human emotion so keenly...”
–Time
"If language packs a punch, then David Foster Wallace’s collection of short stories, Oblivion, is a knockout blow. These stories are stunning - in both senses of the word."–The Guardian
"David Foster Wallace comes with a high reputation to live up to, and in these superbly written stories, he does... There is a strong element of jokiness in these tales, but it is a deadpan, cumulative humour, not satire of the stand aloof, easily mocking variety... Here he has shown once again that his is a major and entirely distinct talent." –Sunday Telegraph
"David Foster Wallace has earned a place as one of America’s most daring and talented young writers. His use of language is pyrotechnic, and he is impatient with traditional narrative forms. In his new collection, Oblivion, he is up to his customary tricks, but he has also plumbed a little deeper in matters of the heart. Those who are familiar with Wallace’s inventive wordplay will not be disappointed."–Los Angeles Times
"With his new story collection, David Foster Wallace has perfected a particularly subtle form of horror story…"–Salon
About the Author/作者介绍： 大卫·福斯特·华莱士David Foster Wallace（1962-2008）美国千禧一代青年精神偶像和天才小说家，与乔纳森·弗兰岑（《自由》）并称美国文学“双璧”。华莱士1962年2月21日出生于美国纽约州伊萨卡。父母都是伊利诺伊州立大学教授。大学期间主修哲学和英文，辅修逻辑和模态数学。24岁完成毕业论文，也是他的第一部小说《系统的笤帚》，引起轰动。1996年出版厚达一千多页的小说《无尽的玩笑》，被《时代》杂志评选为1923-2005年间最伟大的100本英文小说之一。《洛杉矶时报》将华莱士誉为“过去20年最有创造力和影响力的作家之一”。2008年华莱士因抑郁症在家中自杀，年仅46岁。华莱士的很多作品极度晦涩难懂，却闪耀着天才的光芒，他的名字常与托马斯·品钦、唐·德里罗、乔纳森·弗兰岑放在一起，被视为英年早逝的稀有天才。
David Foster Wallace is the author of two novels; three story collections; and three nonfiction collections. He was the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship and numerous other awards. He died in September 2008.
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