Bøker av William H. Gass

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.

This volume provides a descriptive and informative guide to more than 100 sites of literary significance in the greater St Louis area, featuring historical and biographical information, maps, anecdotes, and photographs.

"No one is better than William H. Gass at communicating the sublime and rapturous excitement of reading." Washington Post

Brackett Omensetter arrives, with his wife, family and belongings in the rural American town of Gilean. It swiftly becomes apparent that he is someone out of the ordinary, as he sets off a ground swell of violent emotions in the once tranquil commmunity. Who is he? What does he represent?