{"product_id":"the-recognitions-paperback","title":"The Recognitions - 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 Gaddis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Gass\u003c\/b\u003e (Afterword by), \u003cb\u003eTom McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA postmodern masterpiece about fraud and forgery by one of the most distinctive, accomplished novelists of the last century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e is a sweeping depiction of a world in which everything that anyone recognizes as beautiful or true or good emerges as anything but: our world. The book is a masquerade, moving from New England to New York to Madrid, from the art world to the underworld, but it centers on the story of Wyatt Gwyon, the son of a New England minister, who forsakes religion to devote himself to painting, only to despair of his inspiration. In expiation, he will paint nothing but flawless copies of his revered old masters--copies, however, that find their way into the hands of a sinister financial wizard by the name of Recktall Brown, who of course sells them as the real thing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDismissed uncomprehendingly by reviewers on publication in 1955 and ignored by the literary world for decades after, \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e is now established as one of the great American novels, immensely ambitious and entirely unique, a book of wild, Boschian inspiration and outrageous comedy that is also profoundly serious and sad.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA 1982 MacArthur Fellow and two-time winner of the National Book Award, \u003cb\u003eWilliam Gaddis\u003c\/b\u003e (1922-1998) was the author of five novels: \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJ R\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCarpenter's Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Frolic of His Own\u003c\/i\u003e, and, published posthumously, \u003ci\u003eAgapē Agape\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom McCarthy\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four novels--\u003ci\u003eRemainder\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMen in Space\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eC\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSatin Island\u003c\/i\u003e--and several works of criticism, including \u003ci\u003eTypewriters, Bombs, Jellyfish\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), a collection of essays published by New York Review Books. In 2013 he was awarded the inaugural Windham-Campbell Prize for Fiction by Yale University. He lives in Berlin. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam H. Gass\u003c\/b\u003e (1924-2017) was a novelist, short-story writer, essayist, critic, and professor of philosophy. NYRB Classics reissued his book-length essay \u003ci\u003eOn Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e and his short-story collection \u003ci\u003eIn the Heart of the Heart of the Country\u003c\/i\u003e in 2014.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 968\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52014602453293,"sku":"9781681374666","price":28.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-recognitions-paperback-9177852.webp?v=1777442888","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-recognitions-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}