Bibliograph

This is water, some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion about living a compassionate life, David Foster Wallace

Type

Label

This is water, some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion about living a compassionate life, David Foster Wallace

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

This is water

Oclc number

290479013

Responsibility statement

David Foster Wallace

Sub title

some thoughts, delivered on a significant occasion about living a compassionate life

Summary

"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."--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

Classification

Contributor