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Remarkable, hilarious and unsettling re-imaginations of reality by "a dynamic writer of extraordinary talent " (Jennifer Levin, New York Times Book Review).
Girl with Curious Hair is replete with David Foster Wallace's remarkable and unsettling reimaginations of reality. From the eerily "real," almost holographic evocations of historical figures like Lyndon Johnson and overtelevised game-show hosts and late-night comedians to the title story, where terminal punk nihilism meets Young Republicanism, Wallace renders the incredible comprehensible, the bizarre normal, the absurd hilarious, the familiar strange.
- Sales Rank: #39490 in Books
- Brand: Wallace, David Foster
- Published on: 1996-02-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.30" h x 1.00" w x 5.60" l, .64 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 373 pages
From Publishers Weekly
Postmodern short stories from Wallace satirize the absurdities of contemporary pop culture.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
In assessing this book, comparisons with Don DeLillo, Tom Robbins, and Robert Coover seem accurate, for Wallace is playful, idiomatically sharp, and intellectually engage. Overwhelming in his long, torrential sentences and his wit, he at times subjects us to overwritten, almost showy, passages, but his talent is undeniable. Included in this collection is a novella that examines, among other things, post-modernism. His (generally overlong) stories explore popular culture through the lives of a variety of characters: a lesbian with a three-year winning streak on Jeopardy, an actress anxious about appearing on David Letterman, a wealthy Republican yuppie who has a disturbing connection with some punk rockers; and Lyndon Johnson in a closeup that shows how well a historical figure can be used in fiction. Impressive in scope and savvy.
- Peter Bricklebank, City Coll., CUNY
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Review
“Mr. Wallace brings us, time and again, to hidden, mythic places that are strange yet oddly familiar. He succeeds in restoring grandeur to modern fiction.” (Jennifer Levin - New York Times Book Review)
“A collection of stories as varied in length and theme as they are imaginative, and downright bizarre as any collection by one author has a right to be.... Truly funny surreal humor.” (Benedict Cosgrove - San Francisco Chronicle)
“These stories say something serious and sincere about the world that the rest of us have to live in.” (Madison Smartt Bell - Washington Post Book World)
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful.
Just Not What I'm Looking For
By Jon Peters
True to form, D F W offers some very "literary" story, some po-mo fireworks, and caps it off with a silly sitcom feel. But I kept asking myself through the read, "Is this worth it?" Some stories, like "Little Expressionless Animals" yes, others like "John Billy" one has to ask, what's the point?
I agree with the earlier reviewers, Pynchon infiltrates this text, making these stories about rock stars, tv celebrities, and politicians seem less, well, unique. And while Pynchon steps back on the narrative and sort of accepts the absurdity of his premises (like in Vineland), Wallace also wants this sort of authenticity, this emotional punch, which at times seems contrived.
So, he is essentially writing for two (or three, including himself) audiences, the lit critics and the fans, and unfortunately he cannot hit both, so he settles on m.o.r. fare that's vaguely insulting to his characters. I mean, his characters, like Boyd in "Lyndon" come off as caricatures, silly stand-ins for the BIG POINT he wants to get across to the grad school audience.
I think D F W was talented and had a great deal to say, but I also think that he is best simply telling a story, instead of having to add literary value, because let's face it, there's only so much to the joke of a bunch of conservative "punkrockers" in "Girl with the Curious Hair."
My recommendation, pick this up, but do not feel beholden to finishing any one story.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful.
All the way with LBJ
By Jacob King
Fact: Wallace was a better writer than any of his contemporaries.
There are no bad stories here and three of them are brilliant; the title story, "Little Expressionless Animals" and "My Appearance" are all well worth a read. The standout however was "Lyndon" about the hapless american president. This story stayed with me long after I read it. It was emotionally affecting and believable as a piec of historical fiction. One of the best short stories I have ever read.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Short Stories Showcase the Best and Worst of David Foster Wallace
By AYJ
I had read part of Wallace's "The Pale King" – I picked up the book at the library and it fell open at a passage which was so painfully true to a part of my own family that I checked the book out to find out what happened, as if it could prognosticate a future for me. However, Wallace is a meanderer; by the next time the characters that had hooked me turned up in the long and posthumously edited book, their lives were much further along and had turned away in a different direction. I was unable to finish that book, so I thought I'd give his short stories a try. "Girl With Curious Hair" is a very mixed bag.
After reading the first story, “Little Expressionless Animals” , I thought that the shorter format works for Wallace. Though this tale twists and turns, it is not hard to follow. The first two vignettes are grabbers – abandoned children, molestation in a dark theatre – and then it keeps coming at you.
The story moves back and forth in time - like memory. Wallace disdains using the simple tension of “Does the protagonist win or lose?” to keep the reader’s attention. Instead, he focuses on why she wins or loses, and gives us part of the answer at the beginning so we are waiting for the last pieces of the puzzle to fit together – which he does not exactly give us, but as nearly as one is likely to get at completing any human puzzle in our fragmented lives.
“Luckily, the Account Representative knew CPR” is a a showoff piece - one whole page of this 7- page short story is a single sentence. Wallace is conveying the breathless endless effort of CPR by subjecting us to this breathless endless sentence. It’s impressive but a bit precious.
The title story, “Girl with Curious Hair” , is bizarre to the point of being repellent. It’s like a David Sedaris parody, only not as generous-spirited. I was afraid it would be sticky enough to cause bad dreams. However, on waking I had not suffered from pyromanic or pedophilic fantasies, but found myself drowsily composing progressive – themed bumper stickers (e.g. BAN GUNS, NOT BOOKS) So somewhere in my preconscious Wallace made his point.
In addition to these three stories we get
- “Lyndon” , a fantasy which lost some of its punch for me since as a former Texan I already considered LBJ beyond normal human constraints. - “John Billy” – Rambling wreck of a Country Western song gone off on meth, with some great Dickensian names and a few chuckles.
- “Here and There” – told in the alternating voices of a strictly rational algorithmic poet and his girlfriend who resents/doesn’t understand his attempt to reduce all feeling to mathematical algorithms. I skipped a lot of this one.
- “My Appearance”, a riff on TV – based on an assumption that everyone knows David Letterman, and that everyone understands the multiple irony of we know that he knows that we know that he is only pretending.
- “Say Never” – Nathan Englander could have written this if Nathan Englander were a little more interested in sex. The characters are vividly drawn, the situation is over the top, and the climax occurs just off the page. I liked this story a lot.
- “Everything is Green” – a wonderfully romantic and evocative 2 page story of love lost/unrequited. In a trailer park which is perfectly described down to the wheel toy on its side and the cigarette butts in the puddles.
- “Westward the Course of Empire Takes its Way” - Good Grief. I kept checking how many pages were left in this 160 page novella , a satire of McDonalds, writing workshops, advertising, prison fiction, road stories, and just about anything else Wallace could toss into this muddy mess.
The advantage of short stories is that they allow the author to explore and experiment. Wallace exploits this advantage as far as, and maybe even further than he is able. So taste and try from this smorgasbord - you can always spit out what you don't like.
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