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Wittgenstein's Mistress

by David Markson, David Foster Wallace
Wittgenstein's Mistress
Wittgenstein's Mistress

Solitude explored through a witty, unreliable narrator.

If you have a soft spot for experimental literature that breaks away from traditional storytelling, "Wittgenstein's Mistress" could intrigue you. With its blend of humor, intellect, and a touch of madness, this book is an experience that challenges the reader to piece together reality from the fragmented thoughts of an unforgettable character. Markson's style propels you into a unique literary journey, where the lines between fact and fiction are artfully blurred.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Wittgenstein's Mistress

by David Markson, David Foster Wallace
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ISBN: 9781564782113
Authors: David Markson, David Foster Wallace
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Date of Publication: 2012-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Contemporary
Related Topics: Philosophy, Literature, Classics
Goodreads rating: 3.92
(rated by 7232 readers)

Description

Wittgenstein's Mistress is a novel unlike anything David Markson - or anyone else - has ever written before. It is the story of a woman who is convinced, and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince the reader as well, that she is the only person left on earth. Presumably she is mad. And yet so appealing is her character, and so witty and seductive her narrative voice, that we will follow her hypnotically as she unloads the intellectual baggage of a lifetime in a series of irreverent meditations on everything and everybody from Brahms to sex to Heidegger to Helen of Troy. And as she contemplates aspects of the troubled past which have brought her to her present state, so too will her drama become one of the few certifiably original fictions of our time.
 

Solitude explored through a witty, unreliable narrator.

If you have a soft spot for experimental literature that breaks away from traditional storytelling, "Wittgenstein's Mistress" could intrigue you. With its blend of humor, intellect, and a touch of madness, this book is an experience that challenges the reader to piece together reality from the fragmented thoughts of an unforgettable character. Markson's style propels you into a unique literary journey, where the lines between fact and fiction are artfully blurred.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.