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‘Infinite Jest’ at 30: Why its editor says it’s ‘more valuable than ever’
The novel remains relevant for exploring addiction, loneliness, and media culture, with its immersive depth valued amid today's short attention spans, publisher Little, Brown said.
- On its three-decade anniversary, the publisher issued an edition featuring a new introduction by Michelle Zauner, while Little, Brown said the novel endures as a key part of its program and editor Michael Pietsch answered questions via email.
- The novel grapples with how people endure pain and loneliness, exploring coping with these themes and anticipating addiction and entertainment-driven culture, which readers and critics still debate.
- Physically, the novel is enormous and detailed, as the edition is a 1,079-page volume with 388 endnotes often read with two bookmarks and noted for its powder-blue, clouded cover.
- While praised, the novel's legacy is complicated by reports that David Foster Wallace's conduct was abusive, which Little, Brown declined to address directly but linked to someone involved in its genesis, and Michelle Zauner discusses this in her introduction.
- In today's media climate, long immersive novels stand out because the contemporary media environment makes them valuable alternatives, and readers and critics still discuss the novel's enduring cultural presence three decades after publication.
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‘Infinite Jest’ at 30: Why its editor says it’s ‘more valuable than ever’
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