The Recognitions
Author: William Gaddis
Wyatt Gwyon’s desire to forge is not driven by larceny but from love. Exactingly faithful to the spirit and letter of the Flemish masters, he produces uncannily accurate originals – pictures the painters themselves might have envied…..Read More
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Carpenter’s Gothic
This story of raging comedy and despair centers on the tempestuous marriage of an heiress and a Vietnam veteran. From their "carpenter gothic" rented house, Paul sets himself up as… Continue Reading Posted in: 1961 1975, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Married People, Vietnam War
A Frolic of His Own
Hailed as the American heir to James Joyce, Gaddis has secured his position among the foremost contemporary writers with novels such as Carpenter's Gothic and the National Book Award-winning JR.… Continue Reading Posted in: American Literature, Cases, College Teachers, Contemporary Literature & Fiction, Fiction
V.
The wild, macabre tale of the twentieth century and of two men—one looking for something he has lost, the other with nothing much to lose—and "V.," the unknown woman of… Continue Reading Posted in: Action & Adventure Fiction, General, Psychological Fiction, United States
The Evenings: A Winter’s Tale
"I work in an office. I take cards out of a file. Once I have taken them out, I put them back in again. That is it.",,Twenty-three-year-old Frits - office… Continue Reading Posted in: Classics, European Literature, Fiction
Mason & Dixon
Charles Mason (1728 -1786) and Jeremiah Dixon (1733-1779) were the British Surveyors best remembered for running the boundary between Pennsylvania and Maryland that we know today as the Mason-Dixon Line.… Continue Reading
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
Command the murderous chalices!...Drink ye harpooners! drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow - Death to Moby Dick!'. So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil… Continue Reading Posted in: Adventure Fiction, Adventure Stories, Literature, Shipwrecks, Teen & Young Adult Classic Literature
Ulysses: The 1922 Text
Ulysses, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, has had a profound influence on modern fiction. In a series of episodes covering the course of a single day,… Continue Reading Posted in: Bloom, Classic Literary Fiction, Epic Literature, Experimental Fiction, Leopold (Fictitious Character), Literary Fiction
Mao II
Bill Gray, a famous, reclusive novelist, emerges from his isolation when he becomes the key figure in an event staged to force the release of a poet hostage in Beirut.Mao… Continue Reading Posted in: African American Literary Fiction, English Fiction, Metaphysical Fiction, United States
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