William H. Gass
Born
in Fargo, North Dakota, The United States
July 30, 1924
Died
December 07, 2017
Genre
Influences
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In the Heart of the Heart of the Country and Other Stories
41 editions
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1968
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Omensetter's Luck
30 editions
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1966
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The Tunnel
32 editions
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1995
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On Being Blue
20 editions
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published
1975
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Middle C
17 editions
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published
2013
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Finding a Form
15 editions
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published
1996
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Reading Rilke: Reflections on the Problems of Translation
3 editions
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published
1999
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Cartesian Sonata and Other Novellas
19 editions
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published
1998
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Fiction and the Figures of Life
13 editions
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published
1979
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Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife
14 editions
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1968
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“The true alchemists do not change lead into gold; they change the world into words.”
― A Temple of Texts
― A Temple of Texts
“I don't know myself, what to do, where to go... I lie in the crack of a book for my comfort... it's what the world offers... please leave me alone to dream as I fancy.”
― Omensetter's Luck
― Omensetter's Luck
Polls
June 2019 New School Poll
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, 171 pages, 1966
The Story of My Life by Helen Keller, 240 pages, 1902
On the Beach by Nevil Shute, 296 pages, 1957
Nine Coaches Waiting by Mary Stewart, 342 pages, 1958
Captain Blood by Rafael Sabatini, 236 pages, 1922
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