DFW is of my generation exactly. In college I took a short story writing class, and that excess of detail was exactly what the teacher was pushing, and my finished piece strove for that - something about dental floss as I recall. It sounds like you are saying that DFW’s insights into language and communication are those typical of what you would expect a 25 year old to have.
There is a janitor named Ludwig who has a bad habit of showing up late to work each day. Yesterday, he arrived late and said to his boss, “What happens when a duck flies upside down? It quacks up!” “Early again,” muttered his boss.
Just finished the broom of the system, so naturally I ran to UA-cam to find some analysis videos. This one was fantastic, thank you
Thanks for the kind words. Have you read any of Wallace’s other works?
DFW is of my generation exactly. In college I took a short story writing class, and that excess of detail was exactly what the teacher was pushing, and my finished piece strove for that - something about dental floss as I recall. It sounds like you are saying that DFW’s insights into language and communication are those typical of what you would expect a 25 year old to have.
There is a janitor named Ludwig who has a bad habit of showing up late to work each day. Yesterday, he arrived late and said to his boss, “What happens when a duck flies upside down? It quacks up!”
“Early again,” muttered his boss.
I read this decades ago. My memory is that it was a very smirky novel.
Lots of grinning cooly, and wryly