String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis: A Library of America Special Publication

An instant classic of American sportswriting–the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “”the best mind of his generation”” (A. O. Scott) and “”the best tennis-writer of all time”” (New York Times) An instant classic of American sportswriting-the tennis essays of David Foster Wallace, “”the best mind of his generation”” (A. O. Scott) and “”the best tennis-writer of all time”” ( New York Times ) Gathered for the first time in a deluxe collector’s edition, here are David Foster Wallace’s legendary writings on tennis, five tour-de-force pieces written with a competitor’s insight and a fan’s obsessive enthusiasm. Wallace brings his dazzling literary magic to the game he loved as he celebrates the other-worldly genius of Roger Federer; offers a wickedly witty disection of Tracy Austin’s memoir; considers the artistry of Michael Joyce, a supremely disciplined athlete on the threshold of fame; resists the crush of commerce at the U.S. Open; and recalls his own career as a “”near-great”” junior player. Whiting Award-winning writer John Jeremiah Sullivan provides an introduction. —- ISBN: 9781598534801 | ISBN10: 1598534807 | ISBN-13: 978-1598534801