William H. Gass - In the Heart of the Heart of the Country BOOK REVIEW
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"furious middle class data scientist working from home, not interacting with a single soul, on psych meds" damn Cliff how'd you know?
I highly recommend “The Tunnel” I read it twice last year and I still can’t get enough.
Omg that jump scare after the coffee sip I was 😮
One of my philosophy professors, John Humphrey, was a doctoral student under Gass at WashU in the 80's. Professor Humphrey told me that he had to grade essays for Gass' philosophy of literature course and that Gass would meet with him once a semester to "discuss" how good he was at grading. These discussions would happen at Gass' house with a bottle of cognac. Gass also received a standing ovation from his students on his last day of work before retirement. Gass never talked about his own writing in normal conversation and my professor was not aware of The Tunnel until it finally came out. Matter of fact he was not aware of Gass being a fiction writer until then; he had only read an article of Gass' in an academic publication. My impression from Humphrey was that Gass' course revolved heavily around Gertrude Stein's lectures and texts like Finnegan's Wake.
Gass writes as if writers were talking to themselves.
Gass is a true literary giant, unfortunate he is not more well known.
Fine, have it your way, Clifford, I'm fond of your choice of gloomy Midwestern psychological fever dreams.
Gass’ work is full of hate, but he writes from a love of the art of writing.
This is what I like about your channel- hearing about authors I’ve not heard of. I’ve read thousands of books ( I’m not young so I’ve had a long time!) so it’s even more of a treat.
"perplexing crepuscular prose-poem novella"
"This guy sharpens sentences like knives". So poetic and, by the way, dark. Thank you Cliff. :)
Another one to add to my reading list. Thanks Cliff. Cheers.
Just thought you should know that I started reading this one late last night, thanks to this review. I'm about halfway through. Just jaw-dropping. The Gass I'd read is On Being Blue and Omensetter's Luck. Guess I'll be reading The Tunnel and Middle C too. Thanks for the awesome review--it's not the first time you sent me scurrying to the bookstore, and it won't be the last. Man, "The Pederson Kid"... that's something else.
Annie Proulx took my breath away with the release of 'Close Range' while my ex-wife was already diving delightedly into everything Gass--whom I've inadvertently ignored until this really excellent review, Cliff. ItHotHotC ordered while watching this episode of BTF. Thank you.
I read a review of On Being Blue by WM Gass some years ago. It piqued my interest and I read it. Damn…I wasn’t ready for it, it struck me with its sophistication and complexity and those were the parts I understood - or I think I understood them - in a mild sort of way. After I finished it ( I didn’t finish it - do you ever finish a book like that? It keeps coming back and hitting you in the head.) I put it in a book donation box at the mall. Now I may have to read it again. Love your work! Thanks.
I don't think my reading has been the same since reading this collection. It totally floored me.
Ok, so I was pretty busy with This, That, and The Other, but you described Icicles, and I found it, and you were right.
Hi Clifford, thanks for your as usual excellent videos. One request, have you ever reviewed any book by Annie Erneux? I would love to hear your discussion on 'Happening' and/or 'Simple Passion'. If you have already discussed them, sorry. If not, would you please consider reviewing them in your channel? Thank you.
Love to see Gass on this channel. He’s truly an under-appreciated writer. His essays are incredible.
Crepuscular is an excellent synonym for the colour blue.