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fromFlowingData
4 days ago

Visual guide for Infinite Jest

Christian Swinehart created Infinite Digest, an illustrated companion to Infinite Jest, visualizing its structure and character connections.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30

Infinite Jest attracts a predominantly male, rite-of-passage readership tied to a 'lit-bro' canon centered on male loneliness and anti-social protagonists.
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fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

"Infinite Jest" Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?

"Go, litel book," he bids the manuscript that's soon to be out of his hands. "That thou be understonde I god beseche!" Had Chaucer stuck around to witness the ensuing six hundred-plus years of literary discourse-and the past few decades in particular-he might have concluded that, when it comes to being understonde, the litel books aren't the ones you have to worry about. It's the big ones that'll get you.
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fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Was Infinite Jest Right About Everything?

Infinite Jest is highly readable and prescient about short-form digital entertainment, while Hyperion's ambitious adaptation has faced prolonged delays despite high hopes.
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