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The Tunnel read by William H. GassAuthor: William H. Gass American Literature Series May 2006 pages, 5 x 6 Dimensions: Paperback, 1-56478-448-7 Retail Paperback Price: Our Paperback Price: $15.96—20% OFF! 
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Book Description
Thirty years in the making, William H. Gass's second novel first appeared on the literary scene in 1995, at which time it was promptly hailed as an indisputable masterpiece. It is the story of a middle-aged professor who, upon completion of his massive historical study, Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany, sets out to write an introduction. Unable to do so, he finds himself writing about his own life instead, an intensely personal—even private—book that runs counter to the rigidity of his historical work. Isolated, he begins digging a tunnel out of the basement where he writes.
In this unabridged audio version of The Tunnel, William H. Gass, himself, reads his universally acclaimed novel in its entirety. Formatted as an mp3, the reading fits on three CDs. It includes outtakes, artwork by the author, and twelve Philippics (descriptions of the novel's intention). The Tunnel, already renowned for its singular tone, is given a powerful new voice in this reading.
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About the Author
| William H. Gass—essayist, novelist, literary critic—was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He has been the recipient of the first PEN/Nabokov Award, the PEN/Spielvogel-Diamondstein Award for the Art of the Essay, three National Book Critic Circle Awards for Criticism, a Lannan Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award, the Award for Fiction and the Medal of Merit for Fiction from the Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and fellowships from the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations. He lives in St. Louis. |  |
Praise
"The most beautiful, most complex, most disturbing novel to be published in my lifetime."—Michael Silverblatt, Los Angeles Times"The Tunnel strikes me as an extraordinary achievement, a literary treat with more than a few shocking tricks inside of it. For 650 pages one of the consummate magicians of English prose pulls rabbits out of sentences and creates shimmering metaphors before your very eyes."—Michael Dirda, Washington Post
"The haunting evocations of a small-town childhood [are] so sensually rich in detail that the prose is sometimes hypnotic . . . The Tunnel confronts the question whether the savagery of the 20th century can still be encompassed by an art that is willing to dig deep enough."—Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, New York Times
More Information
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