Girl with Curious Hair by David Foster Wallace

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A sadistic young Republican lawyer who associates with punk rockers spends an evening with his drugged friends at a Keith Jarrett concert, where his LSD-influenced girlfriend is obsessed with a girl with curious hair.
This story is from David Foster Wallace's collection of short stories pulished in 1989, also titled Girl with Curious Hair.
More about this collection of stories here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_wi...
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@carolyndewey8625 5 месяцев назад

I like how the title can refer either to Gimlet or the young blond girl in front of her.

@Robert-si5su 2 года назад

This is simultaneously one of David’a most accessible pieces, and most disturbing.

@Pallettown 2 года назад

Having read this after reading many of his other works, for me it was slightly more disturbing.

@law9665 Год назад

Very powerful story. Read it today and it had me disturbed, and glued to the page. Also felt horrified, and kind of groomed by the narrator at the same time. Layered in irony, striking imagery, and wit. Great reading, by the way! :)

@bobsuper2 Год назад

The ending is such a stark cutoff. All of David's stories sound like the characters stream of consciousness. I think that the stark cutoff is a bit reflective of that, since there is no point in thought where things just stop at a satisfying end. As soon as the first thought ends the next begins.

@frostatine Год назад

"gesture democratically" is so good, lmao

@Misserbi 2 года назад

It is two things. Honest. Too honest. Obvious. Too obvious. Bratty. Bratty about needs and frivolty. This is exactly what I expected.

@almostfancyconnoisseur8929 2 года назад

thanks so much; you have the perfect reading tempo for DFW's stories

@smithcorona2112 2 года назад

I asked and I received. Excellent job as usual

@EmptyVice 2 года назад

Thank you for your reading of this short story, I enjoyed it as well as your other videos. Appreciate you for uploading

@jonnyhatter35 9 месяцев назад

This is an astonishing story

@BourdeoixEterno Год назад

This voice is incredibly hot and perfect for a david foster wallace novel

@Pallettown Год назад

Thanks!

@Maggdusa 2 месяца назад

I wonder what Pallettown looks like, if he looks like his voice.

@heavenonearthhoetv9271 2 года назад

Thank you!

@ronaldmcdon Год назад

Thank you so much! Great narration, and getting better and better

@Pallettown Год назад

Thanks I appreciate that! And thanks for listening!

@MaxCady7.62 2 года назад

Dude this is so fuckin hilarious. DFW was so ahead if his time, it's so real it's more true than non-fiction.

@Pallettown 2 года назад

I totally agree. Especially in some of his essays, his depiction of reality is crystal clear.

@Johnconno 9 месяцев назад

@@PallettownYour reality? 🏌️

@chocolatewheelchair 7 месяцев назад

DFW!

@petertomasi7587 2 года назад

awesome

@OOHyeahpeggyhill 10 месяцев назад

chilling stuff

@Johnconno 9 месяцев назад

Patrick Bateman discovers punk tourists 30 years too late.

@CasperLCat День назад

IDK whether DFW was appalled or attracted to these characters. I suspect he wasn’t appalled enough.

@LittleMew133 4 месяца назад

What am I listening to? I went from the height of This is Water to THIS.

@LittleMew133 4 месяца назад

This is classified as fiction though. So not DFW's actual life, right?

@Pallettown 4 месяца назад

@@LittleMew133 yes it is fiction, but possibly loosely based on real characters and events.

@LittleMew133 4 месяца назад

@@Pallettown Can you enlighten me on the ending? I don't quite grasp it.

@Pallettown 4 месяца назад

@@LittleMew133 I’d need to read it again because I forget

@hannibalthecannibal2466 2 года назад

Is this the whole story? Is that how it ends? Only ask because I've never read it before cheers.

@Pallettown 2 года назад

Yes it is. It's from a collection of short stories also named Girl with Curious Hair

@hannibalthecannibal2466 2 года назад

@@Pallettown brilliant thank you! You have the perfect voice for DFW narration 😊

@LittleMew133 4 месяца назад

Nooo the poor puppy >:[

@king_noah_2692 Год назад

I’m so confused about the ending.

@Pallettown Год назад

Me too haha

@maryann7619 3 месяца назад

I think the narrator is waking up from a dream. Or being disturbed from a daydream in a mental hospital.

@pod9363 2 года назад

Pog

@knockonwall Год назад

But what did he do o.o

@sclogse1 2 года назад

This might be a better read than audio. You might pick that up early on.

@pod9363 2 года назад

Be gone nasty mean man! 😠

@Robert-si5su 2 года назад

What’s the point of this comment lmao

@beatleswithaz6246 7 месяцев назад

Daddy, I don’t like this story.