{"product_id":"brief-interviews-with-hideous-men-9780316925419","title":"Brief Interviews with Hideous Men","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this thought-provoking and playful short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many guises. Among the stories are 'The Depressed Person, ' a dazzling and blackly humorous portrayal of a woman's mental state; 'Adult World, ' which reveals a woman's agonized consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men, ' a dark, hilarious series of imagined interviews with men on the subject of their relations with women.\u003cbr\u003eWallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the absurd, the surprising, and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will enthrall DFW fans, and provides a perfect introduction for new readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Foster Wallace\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little Brown and Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/28\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780316925419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1999 pg. 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/29\/1999 pg. 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1999 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/1999 pg. 1580\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/20\/1999 pg. 8\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/05\/1999 pg. 74\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/05\/1999 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Foster Wallace was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1962 and raised in Illinois, where he was a regionally ranked junior tennis player. He received bachelor of arts degrees in philosophy and English from Amherst College and wrote what would become his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Broom of the System\u003c\/i\u003e, as his senior English thesis. He received a masters of fine arts from University of Arizona in 1987 and briefly pursued graduate work in philosophy at Harvard University. His second novel, \u003ci\u003e Infinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1996. Wallace taught creative writing at Emerson College, Illinois State University, and Pomona College, and published the story collections \u003ci\u003eGirl with Curious Hair\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBrief Interviews with Hideous Men\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOblivion, \u003c\/i\u003ethe essay collections \u003ci\u003eA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eConsider the Lobster\u003c\/i\u003e. He was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship, a Lannan Literary Award, and a Whiting Writers' Award, and was appointed to the Usage Panel for The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. He died in 2008. His last novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Pale King\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Little Brown and Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984316596339,"sku":"9.78032E+12","price":53.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_36b9e7a7-68ad-4502-a7c0-5424b3106dce.jpg?v=1760707504","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/brief-interviews-with-hideous-men-9780316925419","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}