"Some of the things he told me changed my life," says the author. That's understandable ... In a lucidity of extraordinary empathy and intelligence, David Foster Wallace book of profound reflections on everything and anything: literature and the act of writing, of course , its functioning, its course, its complex despite his incredible talent but also film, David Lynch, Woody Allen, Stephen King, author and numbers oeuvres are discussed them ... Nirvana is mentioned as the today's society, food, pop-culture and how to wear a double look to its products ... (wow), literature avant-garde, surrealism, fame, addiction, fascism, what there has to be drawn from life, learn, he wants to avoid the pitfalls, its intransigence towards himself, his perspective on his work and on his intelligence, anything goes! And that's exciting.
To be honest, I took notes in all directions, made myself full marks to reread a lot of passes, I'm extract numerous citations. It is exciting and rewarding, as all I have read about him so far. We can only thank David Lipsky share with us this ray of light, not having kept for him.
Special mention for the schedule to end quoting all the works that have been mentioned, so we can immerse them in our turn. I recommend this book to anyone interested in the character, it is not reserved to the fans who have read all of it!
[What it is to be a writer.]
"I'm not sure that is better than others, but we turn around and we can describe our attempts to retrace our wandering, in a way that others can relate to. I not think writers are smarter than average. I think they are more captivating in their stupidity or their confusion. "
