This is Water
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This is Water

by David Foster Wallace

2009•Documentary•137 pages

Taste attributes: documentarypsychologicalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringempowerment/personal growthunlikely connections

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Boxlist takeA grounded, contained non-fiction book: weighty and slow-burning. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

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4.2 / 5

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About This Book

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?

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Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

DocumentaryPsychologicalEmpowerment/personal growthUnlikely connections

Subjects

Conduct of lifeHumanistic EducationPhilosophyEducation, HumanisticNonfictionEthicsBaccalaureate addresses

Details

Author
David Foster Wallace
Published
2009
Pages
137
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