Name: Signifying Rappers
Price: 617.00 TWD
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Author: David Foster Wallace
ISBN: 9780241968314

Type

Physical Book

Author

David Foster Wallace

Publisher

Penguin

Year

2013

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9780241968314

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Signifying Rappers

David Foster Wallace (Author) · Penguin · Paperback

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Synopsis "Signifying Rappers "

Signifying Rappers is a fun and quirky discovery for any fan of David Foster Wallace or Hip-hop.Signifying Rappers is an old-school classic from David Foster Wallace and his friend and room-mate Mark Costello, first published in 1990, long out of print, and previously unavailable outside the USA.A paean to the golden age of Hip-Hop and the first book to consider seriously its position as a vital force in American culture, Signifying Rappers is a must-read for fans of both Wallace and hip-hop. Set against the legendary 1980s scene, it maps the bipolarities of rap and pop, rebellion and acceptance, glitz and gangsterdom, with an energy and exuberance which is as fresh today as when it was written.'Costello and Wallace's pioneering study is a dazzling performance: informative, provocative, funny, brilliantly written . . . great wit, insight and in-your-face energy' Review of Contemporary Fiction'Both a cogent explication of rap and a cutting, revealing parody of overinflated, pseudointellectual rap criticism' Seattle WeeklyDavid Foster Wallace, who died in 2008, was the author of the acclaimed novels Infinite Jest and The Broom of the System. His final novel, The Pale King, was published posthumously in 2011. He is also the author of the short-story collections Oblivion, Brief Interviews with Hideous Men and Girl with Curious Hair. His non-fiction includes several essay collections, including Both Flesh and Not, which was published in 2012, and the the full-length work Everything and More.Mark Costello is the author of two novels, including the National Book Award Finalist Big If. He lives in New York City.

David Foster Wallace

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David Foster Wallace (Ithaca, New York, February 21, 1962 – Claremont, California, September 12, 2008) was an American writer and professor, known for his dense style and satirical analysis of contemporary culture. His work includes novels, short stories, and essays that explore the complexities of modern society.

Among his most notable works are "Infinite Jest" (1996), a postmodern novel considered by Time magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to 2006; "Brief Interviews with Hideous Men" (1999), a collection of stories; and "A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again" (1997), a compilation of essays. His posthumous novel, "The Pale King" (2011), was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2012.

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