{"product_id":"wittgensteins-mistress-paperback","title":"Wittgenstein's Mistress - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Markson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel unlike anything David Markson or anyone else has ever written before. It is the story of a woman who is convinced and, astonishingly, will ultimately convince the reader as well that she is the only person left on earth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePresumably she is mad. And yet so appealing is her character, and so witty and seductive her narrative voice, that we will follow her hypnotically as she unloads the intellectual baggage of a lifetime in a series of irreverent meditations on everything and everybody from Brahms to sex to Heidegger to Helen of Troy. And as she contemplates aspects of the troubled past which have brought her to her present state-obviously a metaphor for ultimate loneliness-so too will her drama become one of the few certifiably original fictions of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The novel I liked best this year,\" said the \u003ci\u003eWashington Times\u003c\/i\u003e upon the book's publication; \"one dizzying, delightful, funny passage after another . . . \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e gives proof positive that the experimental novel can produce high, pure works of imagination.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Markson\u003c\/b\u003e's novel \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Mistress\u003c\/i\u003e was acclaimed by David Foster Wallace as \"pretty much the high point of experimental fiction in this country.\" His other novels, including \u003ci\u003eReader's Block\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpringer's Progress\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eVanishing Point\u003c\/i\u003e, have expanded this high reputation. His novel \u003ci\u003eThe Ballad of Dingus Magee\u003c\/i\u003e was made into the film \u003ci\u003eDirty Dingus Magee\u003c\/i\u003e, which starred Frank Sinatra, and he is also the author of three crime novels. Born in Albany, New York, he lived in New York City until his death in 2010.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 11, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44323100491878,"sku":"9781628973914","price":24.63,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UXk0YUxRak9XMERoSGlXaGIwL013UT09.webp?v=1768121454","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/wittgensteins-mistress-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}