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Available
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Publication
Basic Books (2000), Edition: New edition, 352 pages
Description
In this sequel to Fiction & the Figures of Life, one of America's most brilliant and eclectic minds examines literature, culture, writers (their lives and works), and the nature and uses of language and the written word. Included are discussions of Valery, Henry Miller, Sartre, Freud, Faulkner, suicide, "art and order," and the transformation of language into poetry and fiction. The vividness and clarity of Gass's writing, the unabashed love and inimitable use of language-his startling metaphors, the sinuousness of his philosophy, the originality of his vision-make each essay a searching revelation of its subject, as well as an example of Gass's own singular artistry.
Awards
National Book Critics Circle Award (Finalist — 1978)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1978
Physical description
352 p.; 5.31 inches
ISBN
0465026257 / 9780465026258