William H. Gass

Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas

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From the award-winning author of The Tunnel and A Temple of Texts, come four interrelated novellas that explore good and evil, action and thought, redemption and possession. The reader will encounter here a traveling saleseman who gets lost in the kitschy clutter of a small town in Illinois, a young woman in rural Iowa who loses touch with the outside world and turns to the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop as anchor, and the coming-of-age story of a develish young man named Luther (who might as well be called Lucifer). These stories are filled with the familiar style, brilliance, philosophy, and wit that fans of William Gass have come to expect and… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56478-502-2
EAN: 9781564785022
Produktnummer: 3863461
Verlag: Dalkey Archive Pr
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 274 S.
Masse: H21.3 cm x B15.1 cm x D2.4 cm 399 g
Auflage: Dalkey
Gewicht: 399
Sonstiges: Ab 22 J.

Über den Autor

William Gaddis (1922-98) stands among the greatest American writers of the twentieth century. The winner of two National Book Awards (for J R [1976] and A Frolic of His Own [1995]), he wrote five novels during his lifetime, including Carpenter's Gothic (1985), Agap? Agape (published posthumously in 2002), and his early masterpiece The Recognitions (1955). He is loved and admired for his stylistic innovations, his unforgettable characters, his pervasive humor, and the breadth of his intellect and vision.