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Article: David Foster Wallace. Oblivion.(Book Review)
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- The Review of Contemporary Fiction
- Article date:
- June 22, 2004
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David Foster Wallace. Oblivion. Little, Brown, 2004. 329 pp. $25.95.
Post ascension to the ranks of not only the most talented American writers of his generation but the most talented American writers period, David Foster Wallace finds himself in the tricky position of trying to subvert convention at a time when subverting convention has become the thing he's known for. He's probably the highest-profile literary experimentalist around, and he's made a career out of bumping the art in new directions; but when a writer is known for pushing boundaries as a matter of course, that can itself become another boundary for writer and reader alike: must push boundaries. ...