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Middle C by William H Gass
A literary event--the long-awaited novel, almost two decades in work, by the acclaimed author of The Tunnel."Middle C takes its place in that great line of modern novels about inauthenticity. . . . However, there is nothing sham to Gass's art: It's not just dazzling, it's the real thing." --The Washington Post
Middle C follows Joseph Skizzen, who as a child flees Nazi-era Austria with his family, only to lose his father under mysterious circumstances in wartime London. Resettled in small-town Ohio, Joseph grows into a quiet, unremarkable man on the surface: a piano player, a teacher, a son left behind. But beneath that life, he constructs another identity, one obsessed with humanity's darkest crimes and a strange personal project he calls the Inhumanity Museum.
As memory, imagination, and reality blur, Joseph begins to question who he truly is, and whether any version of the self can be innocent.
Spanning from World War II Europe to postwar America, William Gass weaves a daring, inventive narrative that blends music, philosophy, and language into a powerful exploration of identity, morality, and the stories we tell ourselves.
Middle C is a bold, unconventional novel that challenges traditional storytelling while delivering a deeply human portrait of guilt and self-creation.
From one of America's most celebrated literary voices, this is a work of rare ambition, haunting, intricate, and unforgettable.
Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota, and is an essayist, novelist, and literary critic. Life Sentences, A Temple of Texts, and Tests of Time are among his six works of fiction and nine collections of essays. Gass is a former philosophy professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He resides in St. Louis with his architect wife, Mary Gass.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780804168786 |
| ISBN 10 | 0804168784 |
| Title | Middle C |
| Author | William H Gass |
| Series | Vintage International |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Random House USA Inc |
| Year published | 2013-12-03 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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