Bibliograph

Middle C, a novel by William H. Gass

Type

Label

Middle C, a novel by William H. Gass

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Middle C

Oclc number

793497163

Responsibility statement

a novel by William H. Gass

Summary

Investigates the multifaceted nature of human identity and follows the experiences of Joseph, who flees Austria in 1938 and pretends to be Jewish before disappearing from London under mysterious circumstancesGraz, Austria, 1938. Joseph Skizzen's father, pretending to be Jewish, leaves his country for England with his wife and two children to avoid any connection with the Nazis. In London with his family for the duration of the war, he disappears under mysterious circumstances. The family is relocated to a small town in Ohio, where Joseph Skizzen grows up, becomes a decent amateur piano player, and creates as well a fantasy self-- a professor with a fantasy goal: to establish the Inhumanity Museum

Target audience

adult

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