by David Foster Wallace · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783462044188
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«Das hier ist Wasser / This is Water» is David Foster Wallace's speech, published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in hardback (64 pages, bilingual edition).
Text of the speech David Foster Wallace gave in 2005 to the graduates of Kenyon College: a reflection on adult life and routine, and on how to move beyond natural egocentrism to choose how to look at the everyday with more empathy and attention.
The edition includes the original English text and the German translation by Ulrich Blumenbach; the work was originally published under the title «This is Water» in 2009.
Recommended for students and graduates, and for readers seeking a brief, accessible reflection on adult life, empathy, and attention.
David Foster Wallace was an American writer and professor who published novels, short stories, and essays. He is widely known for his 1996 novel Infinite Jest, which Time magazine named one of the 100 best English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005. In 2008, David Ulin wrote for the Los Angeles Times that Wallace was "one of the most influential and innovative writers of the last twenty years".
