无尽玩笑
Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace · 初版 1996 年
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为什么值得读
- 辛辣讽刺美国郊区文化与视频通话等科技热潮
- 深刻展现沉迷与成瘾交织的现代社会百态
- 阅读后能显著提升读者对周围人的同理心
一部关于在美国追求幸福的宏大而摄人心魄的喜剧。Infinite Jest 以戒瘾中途宿舍和一所网球学院为背景，展现了近期小说中最令人爱怜的错乱家庭，深入探讨了诸多核心议题：何为娱乐，以及娱乐为何会如此彻底地主宰我们的生活；我们对娱乐的渴望如何影响我们与他人建立联系的诉求；以及我们所选择的享乐方式如何揭示我们的本质。Infinite Jest 兼具哲学探索与脱线喜剧的特质，在打破虚构作品所有常规的同时，亦未曾牺牲……
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……互联网不可逆转地与那些让我们上瘾的App纠缠在一起。它们把海洛因直接接到了自来水管旁边。如果有人想看一部把美国社会描绘成瘾症大杂烩的虚构小说，《无尽的玩笑》（Infinite Jest）会改变你的思维方式。核心全在于那种让人欲罢不能的快感。[2]利益相关声明：是我促成保罗·刘易斯写下这篇文章的。[0] https://www.amazon.com/Attention-Merchants-Scramble-Inside-H... [1]http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html……
…the Internet are fatefully tangled with the apps that addict us. They put the heroin next to the tap water. For anyone interested in a fictional account of American society as a tapestry of addictions, Infinite Jest will change the way you think. It's all about that buzz.[2] Full disclosure: I prompted Paul Lewis to write this piece. [0] https://www.amazon.com/Attention-Merchants-Scramble-Inside-H... [1]http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html…
……当代文学，而不是那些宏大经典。至于错过了数学书，我倒是一点不后悔——我大部分朋友为了那点知识都去上了数学夏令营。我推荐大卫·福斯特·华莱士的《无尽的玩笑》（Infinite Jest）；朱诺·迪亚斯的《你就这样失去了她》（This is How You Lose Her）；莉迪亚·戴维斯的《短篇小说集》（The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis）；村上春树的《没有色彩的多崎作和他的巡礼之年》。真希望我进大学那会儿能搞懂女人……
…contemporary literature, instead of great classics. And I have no regrets about missing out on math books—most of my friends went to math camp for that kind of knowledge. I'd recommend David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest; Junot Diaz's This is How You Lose Her; The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis; Haruki Murakami's Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. I wish when I went into college I understood women…
……“如果你身上有哪怕一点点虚荣心，视频通话带来的压力就会成倍放大。也就是说，如果你稍微在乎一点自己的形象。在别人眼中的形象。说句实在话，谁又不在乎呢。”——大卫·福斯特·华莱士，《无尽的玩笑》（Infinite Jest）。去看看他对视频会议兴衰的诙谐调侃，你的盲目跟风热度立马就被治好了:)
…"And the videophonic stress was even worse if you were at all vain. I.e. if you worried at all about how you looked. As in to other people. Which all kidding aside who doesn’t." - David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest Read his funny take on the rise and fall of video conferencing, and you'll be cured from the hype :)
如果你喜欢天马行空的离题万绪和对美国郊区文化的尖刻讽刺，不妨试试《无尽的玩笑》（Infinite Jest）。斯蒂芬森和大卫·福斯特·华莱士都深受托马斯·品钦的影响，但遗憾的是，斯蒂芬森对品钦的继承，更像是丹·布朗（《达芬奇密码》）之于翁贝托……
If you like weird tangents and biting satire of American suburban culture, try _Infinite Jest_. Both Stephenson and David Foster Wallace owe a debt to Thomas Pynchon, but Stephenson's relationship to Pynchon is unfortunately a lot like Dan Brown's (_The Da Vinci Code_) relationship to Umberto…
这方面强烈推荐大卫·福斯特·华莱士。读完《无尽的玩笑》（Infinite Jest）之后，我有好几个月的整体同理心明显大幅提升。
Highly recommend David Foster Wallace for this. After Infinite Jest I was definitely had much higher general empathy for months.
……病态（或者甚至连“几乎”都算不上）。实际上相当有《美丽新世界》的味道。我觉得相关的部分在开头附近。整篇内容都很值得听，而且值得听好几遍。或者你干脆直接去读《无尽的玩笑》（Infinite Jest）。https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FkxUY0kxH80 特别是18分钟和24分钟左右，之后持续了6到10分钟。啊对了，尤其是第30分钟。这个主题贯穿了整个访谈……
…pathology (or perhaps not even "almost"). Rather Brave New World-ish , actually. I think the relevant parts are toward the beginning. Full thing's worth listening to, several times. Or you could just read Infinite Jest. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FkxUY0kxH80 Particularly around 18 and 24 minutes, continuing for 6-10 minutes after. Ah yes, particularly at 30m. The theme is interwoven throughought the interview…