--- product_id: 1527519 title: "This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life" price: "105.55 DT" currency: TND in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1527519-this-is-water-some-thoughts-delivered-on-a-significant-occasion store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life **Price:** 105.55 DT **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life - **How much does it cost?** 105.55 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1527519-this-is-water-some-thoughts-delivered-on-a-significant-occasion) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description In this rare peak into the personal life of the author of numerous bestselling novels, gain an understanding of David Foster Wallace and how he became the man that he was. Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is reprinted for the first time in book form in This is Water . How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others. After his death, it became a treasured piece of writing reprinted in The Wall Street Journal and the London Times , commented on endlessly in blogs, and emailed from friend to friend. Writing with his one-of-a-kind blend of causal humor, exacting intellect, and practical philosophy, David Foster Wallace probes the challenges of daily living and offers advice that renews us with every reading. Review: A book of hope - I miss him terribly. Our loss is profound. His parents and wife’s loss beyond imagination. A tiny book of hope for graduates from a man whose mind was quick and deep. Read it than get a little older and read again.❤️ Review: powerful, insightful, and "too short!" - This speech is amazing. It's so sad that DFW couldn't bear life, because he definitely explains both why he could not but also how to actually live it. I could've read much more. ## Features - Author: Wallace, David Foster. - Publisher: Little, Brown and Company - Pages: 137 - Publication Date: 2009 - Edition: 1 - Binding: Hardcover - MSRP: 15 - ISBN13: 9780316068222 - ISBN: 0316068225 - Other ISBN: 9780316071000 - Other ISBN Binding: saleableprint - Language: en ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #4,430 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #25 in Philosophy of Ethics & Morality #150 in Motivational Self-Help (Books) #163 in Personal Transformation Self-Help | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 2,607 Reviews | ## Images ![This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51Gk33uEOzL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A book of hope *by M***I on April 23, 2026* I miss him terribly. Our loss is profound. His parents and wife’s loss beyond imagination. A tiny book of hope for graduates from a man whose mind was quick and deep. Read it than get a little older and read again.❤️ ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ powerful, insightful, and "too short!" *by A***E on November 9, 2025* This speech is amazing. It's so sad that DFW couldn't bear life, because he definitely explains both why he could not but also how to actually live it. I could've read much more. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ These Are Words To Live By *by A***A on August 14, 2019* I honestly do not even know where to begin in describing this book. Fosters concise insights into the human condition are a revelation. I've purchased this book several times as a gift for friends, family, and co-workers because of my belief in the usefulness of this book. That's a funny way to describe a book isn't it? Useful. Certainly books can expand the mind and offer new ways of thinking about things, but often the enlightenment they offer is not practical. Plato's Republic is bound to give you plenty to think about and illuminate your understanding the human condition, but how can you truly put those lessons to use in the modern era? This is Water is a guide to life. Foster offers scenarios we are all familiar with and our reactions to them. He then proposes an alternate approach to these mundane activities that can relieve the stress and tension they so often create. My two takeaways from this book would be mindfulness and humility. Mindfulness in understanding that you are not alone in how you feel and that unknown circumstances you could sympathize with may be at factor in your interaction with others. Humility in that you do not know everything and that you are not the center of the universe. The ideas in This is Water are bound to be so obvious that you might dismiss it altogether, but that's the point. Foster explains how often it's the things right in front of us that we take for granted and the solution is putting that understanding in the forefront of our thoughts more often. William S. Burroughs famously said "The job of the artist is to show you what you already know." And in my opinion Foster satisfies that function. ## Frequently Bought Together - This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life - Consider the Lobster and Other Essays - Infinite Jest --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1527519-this-is-water-some-thoughts-delivered-on-a-significant-occasion](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/1527519-this-is-water-some-thoughts-delivered-on-a-significant-occasion) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-06-12*