David Foster Wallace

In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of The New York Times as “the best mind of his generation” considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing style. The volume includes among others interviews with Laura Miller, Dave Eggers,...

In intimate and eloquent interviews, including the last he gave before his suicide, the writer hailed by A.O. Scott of The New York Times as “the best mind of his generation” considers the state of modern America, entertainment and discipline, adulthood, literature, and his own inimitable writing style. The volume includes among others interviews with Laura Miller, Dave Eggers, and the student magazine of Wallace's own alma mater, Amherst.

大衛(wèi)·福斯特·華萊士（1962-2008），身獲數(shù)獎的美國小說家、散文家，曾任英語系創(chuàng)意寫作課教授。1996年因小說《無盡的玩笑》震驚文壇，被認(rèn)為是當(dāng)代美國最偉大的作家之一。