Suicide as a Sort of Present

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short story work of fiction

"Suicide as a Sort of Present" is a short story by David Foster Wallace, featured in his collection *Girl with Curious Hair*, that explores themes of self-destruction, alienation, and the search for meaning through Wallace’s characteristically dense, ironic prose.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf short story ⓘ
work of fiction ⓘ
associatedWithAuthor David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
author David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
collection Girl with Curious Hair NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
exploresConcept isolation ⓘ
meaning of life ⓘ
self-consciousness ⓘ
firstPublishedInCollection Girl with Curious Hair NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre literary fiction ⓘ
short story fiction ⓘ
hasAuthorNationality American ⓘ
hasCreator David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasSubject interpersonal relationships ⓘ
mental distress ⓘ
psychological turmoil ⓘ
hasTitle Suicide as a Sort of Present NERFINISHED ⓘ
includedIn collected short stories of David Foster Wallace ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Postmodern literature NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century literature ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
partOf Girl with Curious Hair NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationMedium print ⓘ
publisherOfCollection W. W. Norton & Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting contemporary United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
style dense prose ⓘ
experimental narrative ⓘ
ironic prose ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
existential anxiety ⓘ
irony ⓘ
search for meaning ⓘ
self-destruction ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
tone darkly comic ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
melancholic ⓘ
workIn American short stories ⓘ
workOf David Foster Wallace NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Girl with Curious Hair → hasStory → Suicide as a Sort of Present ⓘ