Description
David Foster Wallace's *Oblivion* is a collection of intricately crafted stories that merge raw human vulnerability with the labyrinthine complexities of self-consciousness in ways only Wallace could achieve. From a father's profound isolation glimpsed through his son's classroom reverie to the absurd office dynamics surrounding an artist's impossible miniature sculptures, each story constructs a fully realized world that is simultaneously surreal and devastatingly intimate. Wallace explores the deepest wells of human experience—loneliness, creativity, love's dissolution, and the desperate ways we misunderstand one another—with a combination of philosophical depth and dark humor that feels both preposterously inventive and painfully true. These are stories that operate on multiple registers at once, where the mundane becomes metaphysical and the ridiculous becomes profound. *Oblivion* stands as a testament to Wallace's unparalleled ability to capture the ache of existence through the most unexpected narrative angles.
Available Editions
paperback
Back Bay Books
Published Aug 30, 2005
336 pages
ISBN: 9780316010764
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First Published
2005
Language
en
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Oblivion by David Foster Wallace.