On Being Blue
by William H. Gass
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- ISBN 10
- 1590177185
- ISBN 13
- 9781590177181
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William H. Gass (b. 1924) is an essayist, novelist, and literary critic. He grew up in Ohio and is a former professor of philosophy at Washington University. Among his books are six works of fiction and nine books of essays, including Tests of Time (2002), A Temple of Texts (2006), and Life Sentences (2012). New York Review Books will republish his story collection In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (1968) in 2014. Gass lives with his wife, the architect Mary Gass, in St. Louis. Michael Gorra ’s Portrait of a Novel: Henry James and the Making of an American Masterpiece (2012) was a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography. His earlier books include After Empire: Scott, Naipaul, and Rushdie (1997) and The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germany (2004). He has taught at Smith College since 1985, where he is now the Mary Augusta Jordan Professor of English. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, with his wife and daughter.
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- Cold Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 697158044
- Title
- On Being Blue
- Author
- William H. Gass
- Format/Binding
- Papeback
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1590177185
- ISBN 13
- 9781590177181
- Publisher
- The New York Review Books Incorporated
- Date Published
- pp. 112
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