The Rush for Second Place: Essays and Occasional Writings - Softcover

Gaddis, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0142002380 ISBN 13: 9780142002384

Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group, 2002

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Book by Gaddis William

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Reseña del editor:

A collection of essays and critical writings by the late author of the National Book Award-winning A Frolic of His Own ranges from "Stop Player, Joke No. 4," Gaddis's first published piece, to the title essay about missed opportunities in America in the past fifty years, to "Old Foes with New Faces," a study of the relationship between the writer and religion. Original.

Biografía del autor:

William Gaddis (1922-1998) was a master of the American novel who was frequently compared with Joyce, Nabokov, and Pynchon. Two of his novels, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the National Book Award. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the recipient of a MacArthur Prize.
Joseph Tabbi was the first scholar to be given access to the Gaddis archives. He conducts research in American literature and new media writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Joseph Tabbi was the first scholar to be given access to the Gaddis archives. He conducts research in American literature and new media writing at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0142002380
• ISBN 13: 9780142002384
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 208