David Foster Wallace, John Jeremiah Sullivan
String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
Hardcover
(Library of America May 10, 2016)
, Special edition
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.
- Series
- Library of America
- ISBN
- 1598534807 / 9781598534801
- Pages
- 158
- Weight
- 12.6 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.7 x 0.7 in.
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