"The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation." -The New Republic Now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its publication, Omen

Essays by William H. Gass.

Tests of Time brings us fourteen witty and elegant essays by novelist and literary critic William H. Gass, "the finest prose stylist in America" (Steven Moore,

A dazzling new collection—two novellas and four short stories from one of the most revered writers of our time, author of seven books of fiction, among them T

Brings together the author's reflections on literature, philosophy and the theory of language in pieces that examine a diversity of ideas and writers, including