This is water

This is water

by Wallace, David Foster

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"Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others"--Publisher.

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  • Full title :This is water / David Foster Wallace.

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"Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others"--Publisher.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2009.
  • Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Little, Brown
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2009.

Notes

Address to the graduating class of Kenyon College in 2005.

The Physical Object

  • Description:pages

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0316068225, 9780316068222
  • oclc:ocn428733289
  • LC Classification:LC1011
  • Dewey Decimal:370.11/2

Subjects

Conduct of life Éducation humaniste Education, Humanistic Morale pratique

Writers

Wallace, David Foster

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