First published 2004
In "Oblivion," David Foster Wallace's singular voice blends the bizarre and the painfully relatable. From a teacher's violent breakdown to an artist's anatomically-defying sculptures, these stories plunge us into worlds both fantastical and achingly familiar. Wallace's dazzling prose lays bare the aches of love, creativity, and the human experience in all its rawness and self-consciousness.
Genres: literary-fiction, 20th-century, contemporary, 21st-century
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: unreliable-narrator
336 pages · Paperback · Back Bay Books