Book that Dean is obsessed by?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Liberal Arts
wendthepend — 13 years ago(August 04, 2012 06:16 PM)
Did anyone spot the name / author of the 1100 page book that the character is obsessed by. (After he is hospitalised, Jesse tells him to stop reading it).
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reekreekitrythmeswithfreak — 13 years ago(August 10, 2012 04:36 PM)
I really wanna know too! Keep checking this page but no replies. If it helps thought I would also mention that it appears to have sky and clouds over the whole front cover and the author committed suicide.
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jrhpax — 13 years ago(October 29, 2012 07:16 AM)
Sadly, David Foster Wallace suffered from depression for many years, and he hanged himself in 2008 (just as Josh Radnor says in the movie). I can't immediately find the source of the quote "The purpose of fiction is to combat loneliness," but several reviews attribute it to Wallace.
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solus28 — 13 years ago(December 18, 2012 12:45 AM)
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/98274-fiction-is-one-of-the-few-experiences-where-loneliness-can
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mehmus — 13 years ago(November 02, 2012 06:12 AM)
I immediately knew that it's Infinite Jest because A) David Foster Wallace was depressed and eventually ended his own life, B) I remember that the book was over 1000 pages long, which was mentioned in the film.
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nouseforaname87 — 13 years ago(November 19, 2012 03:13 AM)
Yes, it is Infinite Jest. Here's more evidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLXSwio7gCE
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jmintier — 13 years ago(December 24, 2012 08:23 AM)
David Foster Wallace gave the commencement address at Kenyon College where Radner went (and his Dad and sister) and people read it for hints as to the reason for his later suicide. Kenyon, in Gambier Ohio, was the setting for the film.
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rudeboyfjm — 12 years ago(June 12, 2013 11:50 PM)
I recognized it as Infinite Jest because I happen to be reading it right now. Besides the dialogue about it in the film (which was all accurate, as I recall), the cover art of the book is a blue sky with a few clouds, and I could make this out when the book was shown on screen. BTW, the book requires huge focus to read, but is quite brilliant.
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cherie-326-886414 — 12 years ago(September 29, 2013 06:16 PM)
Anyone who has read infinite Jest (with the original cover) would recognize it just as I did from the small glimpse of those clouds arrayed across that shade of blue sky. That's how I ended up here; to confirm my suspicion. Especially when the next moment brings the Wallace quote about fiction and loneliness.
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StrongCarl — 11 years ago(February 08, 2015 10:13 AM)
It annoyed me that they were referring to books but hiding their titles.
They either didn't get permission or thought that they wouldn't. I don't know all the laws regarding rights of things; you would think that 2 characters could talk about a book, but things might be different when they show a physical book.
Since they talk negatively both about the vampire book (though one character likes it) and the 1,000 page book (again, 2 people like it, but recognize the negativity that goes along with it), they might not have gotten permission. -
solus28 — 13 years ago(December 18, 2012 12:30 AM)
you know, my first thought was that it was infinite jest also but i tried finding an image of the cover and none had the same one as the one in the movie (orange letters for the title etc). it's possible they were implying that's what it was though.
similarly, i couldn't find the vampire book that he was reading Lunar Moon by Jill Dipaolo but i'm guessing it was meant to be twilight -
timmy_501 — 13 years ago(January 18, 2013 09:55 PM)
http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1165604485l/6759.jpg
It may have been a little different but it was surely at least modeled on this cover.
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evikeaz — 13 years ago(November 24, 2012 02:09 PM)
thank you for this question
and the answers it's received. i'm going to check it out of the library and even get the Dracula book which i've never read he mentioned. it was a really good movietoo bad these sometimes fall by the wayside. i actually saw this on a DL flight today.
