| Tunnel Contributor(s): Gass, William H. (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1564784487 ISBN-13: 9781564784483 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: April 1999 Annotation: Thirty years in the making, William H. Gass's second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. It is the story of a middle-aged professor who, upon completion of his massive historical study, Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany, sets out to write an introduction. Unable to do so, he finds himself writing about his own life instead, an intensely personal--even private--book that runs counter to the rigidity of his historical work. Isolated, he begins digging a tunnel out of the basement where he writes. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 6.56" W x 5.42" (0.49 lbs) 672 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Thirty years in the making, William Gass's second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. The story of a middle aged professor who, upon completion of his massive historical study, "Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany," finds himself writing a novel about his own life instead of the introduction to his magnum opus. "The Tunnel" meditates on history, hatred, unhappiness, and, above all, language. |
Contributor Bio(s): Gass, William H.: - 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. |