Gaddis, William
The Recognitions
- ISBN 13:
- 9781681374666
- author:
- Gaddis, William
- format:
- Paperback / softback
- publisher:
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2020
- Pages:
- 992
- Dimensions:
- 21.84 x 14.73 x 5.33 centimeters
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 2 working days
Description
A postmodern masterpiece about the fragility of perception, The Recognitions is a sweeping and ambitious novel that defies easy categorization. It is a world in which everything that appears beautiful or true or good is revealed to be a facade, and the story of Wyatt Gwyon, a young artist struggling to find his inspiration, becomes a complex exploration of the nature of reality. As Gwyon's life unravels, he becomes embroiled in a web of deceit and forgery, with his paintings being sold as the work of a mysterious master. This darkly comedic tale moves seamlessly from the art world to the underworld, taking the reader on a journey that is both outrageous and profoundly serious. Published in 1955 and largely ignored by the literary world for decades, The Recognitions has now been recognized as one of the great American novels, a book of wild and Boschian inspiration that is both a wild comedy and a deeply sad exploration of the human condition.
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