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Cartesian Sonata by William H. Gass

Cartesian Sonata

And Other Novellas

By William H. Gass

By William H. Gass

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Aug 07, 2013 | ISBN 9780804150910

Cartesian Sonata by William H. Gass
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About Cartesian Sonata

From the award-winning author of The Tunnel and Finding a Form–four interrelated novellas that explore Mind, Matter, and God. In the first novella, Gass redefines Descartes’ philosophy. God is a writer in a constant state of fumble. Mind is represented by a housewife who is a modern-day Cassandra. And Matter is, what (and who) else but the helpless and confused husband of Mind. In the novella that follows, the concept of salvation is explored through material possessions–a collection of kitsch–as a traveling businessman is slowly lost in the sheer surfeit of matter in a small Illinois town. In another, Gass explores the mind’s ability to escape. A young woman growing up in ruralIowa finds herself losing touch with the physical world as she loses herself in the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop. And in "The Master of Secret Revenges," God appears in the form of Descartes’ evil demon, Lucifer, as Gass chronicles the life of a young man named Luther and his development from his devilish youth to his demonic adulthood. A profound exploration of good and evil, philosophy and action, filled with the wit and style that have defined the work of William Gass.

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About William H. Gass

William H. Gass was born in Fargo, North Dakota. He is the author of seven works of fiction, nine books of essays, and a book of conversations. Gass was a professor of philosophy at Washington University. For most of his… More about William H. Gass

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Category: Literary Fiction

Ebook | $8.99
Published by Knopf
Aug 07, 2013 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780804150910

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