{"product_id":"eyes-novellas-and-stories-william-h-gass","title":"Eyes: Novellas and Stories - William H. Gass","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEnter the sublime, upside-down \/ inside-out world of William H. Gass . . . in this case where the \u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eEyes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e have it every which way, including up . . . in a dazzling new collection of novellas and stories (six in all) from one of the most revered writers of our time, author of sixteen books, among them, the universally acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e (\"An extraordinary achievement\"--Michael Dirda, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e); \u003ci\u003eMiddle C\u003c\/i\u003e(\"Exhilaratingly ingenious\"--Cynthia Ozick, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e cover); and \u003ci\u003eLife Sentences\u003c\/i\u003e (\"A literary miracle\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis enchanting, Gassian journey begins with \"In Camera,\" an investigation into what is likely to develop when a possibly illicit collection of photographs becomes the object of a greedy salesman's loving eyes . . . In \"Charity,\" a young lawyer, whose business it is to keep hospital equipment honestly produced, offers a simple gift and is brought to the ambiguous heart of charity itself. \"Don't Even Try, Sam\" tells of the battered, old piano Dooley Wilson plays in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasablanca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e as it complains in an interview of its treatment during the making of the picture. \"Soliloquy for a Chair\" is just that, a rumination by a folding chair in a barber shop that is ultimately bombed . . . and in \"The Toy Chest,\" Disneylike creatures take on human roles and worries and live in an atmosphere of a child's imagination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA glorious fantasia; each, quintessentially Gass; each, a virtuoso delight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom the Hardcover edition.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSED BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"pagesFormat\"\u003e238 pages, Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-testid=\"publicationInfo\"\u003eFirst published October 13, 2015\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brewberry Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67623800340574,"sku":null,"price":14.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0631\/0585\/9678\/files\/24675388.jpg?v=1791147426","url":"https:\/\/www.brewberrybooks.ca\/products\/eyes-novellas-and-stories-william-h-gass","provider":"Brewberry Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}