{"product_id":"middle-c-paperback","title":"Middle C - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Gass\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs memory, imagination, and reality blur, Joseph begins to question who he truly is, and whether any version of the self can be innocent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.08 x 5.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 03, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53457836048691,"sku":"9780804168786","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0990\/0746\/3731\/files\/PBP9McWz_W9780804168786.webp?v=1781274113","url":"https:\/\/rbangel-store.myshopify.com\/products\/middle-c-paperback","provider":"The Celestial Starlit Phoenix ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}