Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas - (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) by William H Gass (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>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 salesman 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 devilish 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 cherish.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><P>Four virtuoso performances, playfully juggling exuberant prose with sly postmodern speculations on the nature of desire, fiction, and the soul.' -Kirkus Reviews<br><br>"All in all, Gass is in peak form in this heady and provocative volume."<br><br>"Gass serves up an enticing mix of high-flown lyricism, sketchy narrative and momentary brillance in his playful latest fiction....Gass is an engrossing character-portraitist."<br><br>"In Cartesian Sonata, Gass once again proves he is one of the few American writers who pens sentences readers can dance in." -- Bill Marx<br><br>"Invigorating and extremely intelligent."<br><br>"The finest prose stylist in America." -- Steven Moore<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><P>William Howard Gass (born July 30, 1924) is an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and former philosophy professor. He has written three novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays, three of which have won National Book Critics Circle Award prizes and one of which, A Temple of Texts (2006), won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. His 1995 novel The Tunnel received the American Book Award.
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