the infinite sadness of infinite jest

'I wanted to do something about what it's like to live in America around the millennium ... There's something particularly sad about it, that doesn't have very much to do with physical circumstances, or the economy, or any of the stuff that gets talked about in the news. It's more like a stomach-level sadness. Whether it's unique to our generation I really don't know.' David Foster Wallace-

well, this the history, a writer, a young writer considered one of the most important and talented writer of his generation,this writer the last september decided to kill himself, his name, david foster wallace,author of one of the most important books, creative and grieve for the past 50 years of American literature.

Foster Wallace was born in ithaca, new york in 1962. In 1991 he began working in his monumental novel, in 1993 he finished his work. more than 1000 pages had the book. Considered for the critic like a writer to writers, close to the postmodernism of don lillo and pychon, too much intelligent sometimes, with so much for said, for explain and write in diferent ways.

The broom of the systems (1987), Girl with curious hair (1989), Brief interviews with hideous men (1999), A supposedly fun thing i´ll never do again (1997), they are some of his more famous books.

Foster Wallace was found died at 15 of september in his house, his wife was who found him hanging from a beam. He didn´t leave any note, only his books, his words, and his monumental novel called infinite jest.

-1962-2008-