{"product_id":"fiction-of-william-gass-book-arthur-m-saltzman-9780809312085","title":"The Fiction of William Gass","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first comprehensive study of the works of William Gass addresses the ex­tensive correlation between the theoreti­cal and fictional works and places Gass at the forefront of contemporary post-realism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaltzman argues that contrary to charges of moral, artistic, or even politi­cal turpitude, the innovative fiction of William Gass represents a conscientious effort to contend with indeterminacy through art. In the fiction of Gass and other contemporary writers, the world of the text is a distinct and competitive ad­dition to reality, not a mere description of reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSaltzman examines Gass's major fic­tional works, \u003ci\u003eOmensetter's Luck \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWillie Masters' Lonesome Wife, \u003c\/i\u003ethe col­lected stories of \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Heart of the Country, \u003c\/i\u003ethe extensive novel-in-progress \u003ci\u003eThe Tunnel, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the essay collections, \u003ci\u003eFiction and the Figures of Life \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe World Within the Word.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":51822064599313,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":51822065287441,"sku":"NGR9780809312085","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780809312085.jpg?v=1752619368","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/fiction-of-william-gass-book-arthur-m-saltzman-9780809312085","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}