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String Theory|David Foster Wallace
String Theory : David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication
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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.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781598534801
  • ISBN-10: 1598534807
  • Publisher: Library of America
  • Publish Date: May 2016
  • Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
  • Page Count: 158

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