{"product_id":"middle-c-william-h-gass","title":"Middle C (William H. Gass)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA literary event the long-awaited novel, almost two decades in work, by the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eThe Tunnel.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Middle C takes its place in that great line of modern novels about inauthenticity. . . . However, there is nothing sham to Gass s art: It s not just dazzling, it s the real thing.   The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMiddle C\u003c\/i\u003e follows Joseph Skizzen, who as a child flees Nazi-era Austria with his family, only to lose his father under mysterious circumstances in wartime London. Resettled in small-town Ohio, Joseph grows into a quiet, unremarkable man on the surface: a piano player, a teacher, a son left behind. But beneath that life, he constructs another identity, one obsessed with humanity s darkest crimes and a strange personal project he calls the Inhumanity Museum.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs memory, imagination, and reality blur, Joseph begins to question who he truly is, and whether any version of the self can be innocent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSpanning from World War II Europe to postwar America, William Gass weaves a daring, inventive narrative that blends music, philosophy, and language into a powerful exploration of identity, morality, and the stories we tell ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMiddle C\u003c\/i\u003e is a bold, unconventional novel that challenges traditional storytelling while delivering a deeply human portrait of guilt and self-creation.\u003cbr\u003eFrom one of America s most celebrated literary voices, this is a work of rare ambition, haunting, intricate, and unforgettable.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam H. Gass essayist, novelist, literary critic was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He is the author of seven works of fiction and nine books of essays, including \u003ci\u003eLife Sentences, A Temple of Texts, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTests of Time, \u003c\/i\u003eand was a professor of philosophy at Washington University. He died in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 416 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65899930452317,"sku":"K058310786","price":17.6,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5831078600001A.jpg?v=1789195764","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/middle-c-william-h-gass","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}