{"product_id":"the-letters-of-william-gaddis-revised-edition-9781681375830","title":"The Letters of William Gaddis: Revised Edition","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory collection of correspondence by the lauded author of titanic American classics such as \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eJ R, \u003c\/i\u003eshedding light on his staunchly private life.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPDATED WITH OVER TWO DOZEN NEW LETTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHS\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow recognized as one of the giants of postwar American fiction, William Gaddis shunned the spotlight during his life, which makes this collection of his letters a revelation. Beginning in 1930 when Gaddis was at boarding school and ending in September 1998, a few months before his death, these letters function as a kind of autobiography, and also reveal the extent to which he drew upon events in his life for his fiction. Here we see him forging his first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Recognitions\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), while living in Mexico, fighting in a revolution in Costa Rica, and working in Spain, France, and North Africa. Over the next twenty years he struggles to find time to write the National Book Award-winning \u003ci\u003eJ R\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) amid the complications of work and family; deals with divorce and disillusionment before reviving his career with \u003ci\u003eCarpenter's Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e (1985); then teaches himself enough about the law to produce \u003ci\u003eA Frolic of His Own \u003c\/i\u003e(1994). Resuming his lifelong obsession with mechanization and the arts, he finishes a last novel, \u003ci\u003eAgapē Agape\u003c\/i\u003e (published in 2002), as he lies dying. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis newly revised edition includes clarifying notes by Gaddis scholar Steven Moore, as well as an afterword by the author's daughter, Sarah Gaddis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16155162\"\u003eWilliam Gaddis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.60w x 2.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681375830\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681375834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO011000\"\u003eLetters\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LIT\"\u003eLiterary Criticism\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LIT004020\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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(both published by NYRB Classics), \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\u003eSteven Moore\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the two-volume survey \u003ci\u003eThe Novel: An Alternative History\u003c\/i\u003e, and has written and edited several books on the works of William Gaddis. He served as the managing editor of Dalkey Archive Press and the \u003ci\u003eReview of Contemporary Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e from 1988 to 1996. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Gaddis\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eSwallow Hard\u003c\/i\u003e, and her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFaultline\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. She is William Gaddis's daughter.","brand":"New York Review of Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44488958148845,"sku":"9781681375830","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_f9eeef6b-6ca0-4b89-9d98-b98a9aaf138f.jpg?v=1700859903","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-letters-of-william-gaddis-revised-edition-9781681375830","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}