William H. Gass
William Howard Gass was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and philosophy professor. He wrote three novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays, three of which 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. His 2013 novel Middle C won the 2015 William Dean Howells Medal.
Books by William H. Gass
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The Tunnel
by William H. Gass
3.9(1,366)
A middle-aged professor finishes a study on Nazi Germany, then digs into his own life, hatreds, and unhappiness instead of writing the introduction to his book.
In the heart of the heart of the country
by William H. Gass
4.0(2,993)
Gass explores the ordinary and the unsettling in the American Midwest, turning everyday lives into a vivid, disturbing blend of language and longing.