Wittgenstein's Mistress by David Markson

Wittgenstein's Mistress David Markson ebook
Format: epub
Page: 248
ISBN: 1564782115, 9781564782113
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr

Jemc: I know that I'd just read both Carole Maso's Ava and David Markson's Wittgenstein's Mistress immediately before starting to write this, so those are pretty easy influences to pinpoint for me. Paul Maliszewski contributed a fine appreciation of the author, whom he knew. Wittgenstein's Mistress tells the story of a woman, Kate, who believes she is the last living creature on earth. Falconer by John Cheever (Alfred A. But right now what Crusher wants to emphasize is that Wittgenstein's Mistress, Crusher thinks, is about what happens when a person is, well, crushed by loneliness. Kate has come to believe she is the last person in the world. "The sentences proceed directly one from another," observed Amy Hempel in her review of "Wittgenstein's Mistress" (Dalkey Archive Press, 1988), perhaps Markson's best-known novel. Related posts: The Big Move In case you haven't noticed, we have successfully moved. I'm dying to read Wittgenstein's Mistress! Wittgenstein's Mistress is a confounding book. So here in Wittgenstein's Mistress we have a woman, in an world empty of people (and, eventually, we learn of all living creatures) writing her life as a signal to whomever might be there, which is, also eventually, no one. After "Wittgenstein's Mistress" that seems like an apt description. In early June, David Markson, the author of Wittgenstein's Mistress, died in New York. On December 12, 2012 at 9:17 pm | Reply rebeccaromney. Wittgenstein's Nephew and Wittgenstein's Mistress. You can find the review/article, “The Empty Plenum: David Markson's 'Wittgenstein's Mistress'” (as well as links to many other uncollected DFW works) at the uncollected DFW page of my website, The Howling Fantods:. I have two books with the name Wittgenstein in them on my to-read list. My $.02: Book Review - Wittgenstein's Mistress. I'm sorry for not posting much of late, fighting a familiar case of the late winter, pre-birthday blues.