In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories
of William H. Gass
Description
IN THIS SUITE of five short pieces -- one of the unqualified literary masterpieces of the American 1960s -- William Gass finds five beautiful forms in which to explore the signature theme of his fiction: the solitary soulâs poignant, conflicted, and doomed pursuit of love and community. In their obsessions, Gassâs Midwestern dreamers are like the "grotesques" of Sherwood Anderson, but in their hyper-linguistic streams of consciousness, they are the match for Joyceâs Dubliners. First published in 1968, this book begins with a beguiling thirty-three page essay and has five fictions: the celebrated novella "The Pedersen Kid," "Mrs. Mean," "Icicles," "Order of Insects," and the title story.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 240 pages
- Publisher David R. Godine Publisher
- Publication Date April 1st 2006
- First Publication 11/06/68
- Language English
- ISBN 9780879233747
- Edition Not informed
- Category Poetry & Essays
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