William H. Gass
William H. Gass was a philosopher-novelist whose Omensetter's Luck and the novella In the Heart of the Heart of the Country established him as the most philosophically sophisticated prose stylist of his American generation. His essays on fiction were equally important.
Works
- Omensetter's LuckSparse modernist novel of spiritual alienation and redemption in Midwest
- Willie Masters' Lonesome WifeExperimental novella playfully deconstructing marriage and literary form
- In the Heart of the Heart of the CountryLyrical meditation on small-town American life and internal consciousness
- The TunnelMonumental novel exploring history, consciousness, and phenomenology through prose
- Cartesian SonataStory collection of philosophical fragments and experimental pieces