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- Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30
Forget its reputation as a performative read for a certain breed of intense young man, thirty years after its publication, David Foster Wallace’s epic novel still delivers, says the Crying in H Mart authorI’m not what you might consider Infinite Jest’s target demographic. The novel’s reputation precedes it as a book infamously few ever finish, and those who do tend to belong to a particular breed of college-age guys who talk over you, a sect of pedantic, misunderstood young men for whom, over the course of 30 years, Infinite Jest has become a rite of passage, much as Little Women or Pride and Prejudice might function for aspiring literary young women.Most readers come to the novel in their formative years, but I was a late bloomer. It wasn’t until the winter of 2023 that, at the age of 34, smoking outside a party in Brooklyn, I found myself suddenly motivated to embark on the two-pound tome. A boy I… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - Rembrandt lion drawing raises $18m for big cat conservation at US auctionChalk artwork sold for record price at a New York Sotheby’s auction with proceeds going to the Panthera charityA tiny chalk drawing of a lion by Rembrandt recently sold for the record-setting price of $18m in New York City to benefit the conservation of big cats.After selling at a Sotheby’s auction Wednesday, Young Lion Resting shattered the previous mark for the most expensive drawing by the 17th-century Dutch painter ever auctioned: the $3.7m Portrait of a Man with Arms Akimbo. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago
- Haiti Reaches ‘Full Crisis’ as Transition Government Expires
The tenure of a presidential council that has been running Haiti expires on Saturday. It’s unclear what will come next. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.1 hour ago - AI analysis casts doubt on Van Eyck paintings in Italian and US museumsTests on both versions of Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata were unable to detect brushstrokes of 15th-century masterAn analysis of two paintings in museums in the US and Italy by the 15th-century Flemish artist Jan van Eyck has raised a profound question: what if neither were by Van Eyck?Saint Francis of Assisi Receiving the Stigmata, the name given to near-identical unsigned paintings hanging in the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Royal Museums of Turin, represent two of the small number of surviving works by one of western art’s greatest masters, revered for his naturalistic portraits and religious subjects. Continue reading... ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
- See the Olympics schedule for the 2026 Milano Cortina Games
This is what you need to know about when the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics start and end, along with key games and events on the schedule. ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago - Ukraine war briefing: Russia launches ‘massive attack’ on energy sites, triggering widespread bl...Energy minister says power plants hit after Zelenskyy calls for faster action to boost Ukrainian air defences. What we know on day 1,445A “massive attack” by Russian forces on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure on Saturday caused power outages across the country, the state grid operator said. Energy minister Denys Shmygal said Kyiv had requested emergency assistance from Poland after Russia hit the Burshtynska and Dobrotvirska power plants in western Ukraine overnight. “Russian criminals carried out another massive attack on Ukraine’s energy facilities. The attack continues,” Shmyhal said on Telegram. “Energy workers are ready to start repair works as soon as the security situation allows.” Due to the damage, emergency outages had been applied in most Ukrainian regions, grid operator Ukrenergo said.Two airports in Poland were suspended from operations as a precaution due to the Russian strikes on nearby Ukraine territory, Polish authorities said on Saturday. “In connection with the need to… ...[TheTopNews] Read More.2 hours ago
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