Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a collection of short stories written by David Foster Wallace. Released in 1999, it collects various stories (supposedly) satirizing the protagonists of John Updike novels.
Stories within[]
- A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life
- Death Is Not the End
- Forever Overhead
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders (XI)
- The Depressed Person
- The Devil Is a Busy Man
- Think
- Signifying Nothing
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Datum Centurio
- Octet
- Adult World
- The Devil Is a Busy Man
- Church Not Made with Hands
- Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders (VI)
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Tri-Stan: I Sold Sissee Nar to Ecko
- On His Deathbed, Holding Your Hand, the Acclaimed New Young Off-Broadway Playwright's Father Begs a Boon
- Suicide as a Sort of Present
- Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
- Yet Another Example of the Porousness of Certain Borders (XXIV)
Publisher's summary[]
In his startling and singular new short story collection, David Foster Wallace nudges at the boundaries of fiction with inimitable wit and seductive intelligence. Venturing inside minds and landscapes that are at once recognisable and utterly strange, these stories reaffirm Wallace's reputation as one of his generation's pre-eminent talents, expanding our ides and pleasures fiction can afford.
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 agonised consideration of her confusing sexual relationship with her husband; and 'Brief Interviews with Hideous Men', a dark, hilarious series of portraits of men whose fear of women renders them grotesque. Wallace's stories present a world where the bizarre and the banal are interwoven and where hideous men appear in many different guises. Thought-provoking and playful, this collection confirms David Foster Wallace as one of the most imaginative young writers around. Wallace delights in leftfield observation, mining the ironic, the surprising and the illuminating from every situation. This collection will delight his growing number of fans, and provide a perfect introduction for new readers.
Sources[]
- Wikipedia
- Goodreads
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