{"product_id":"the-tunnel-william-gass-9781628976366","title":"The Tunnel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e, William H. Gass' colossal second novel, appeared on the literary scene in 1995, after three decades at the typewriter. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e was hailed by many as an indisputable masterpiece, reviled by others as a suffocating and overwhelming experiment, and has been voraciously studied by readers ever since. The story of a middle-aged history professor who, upon nearing completion of his magnum opus, \"Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany,\" finds himself implicated in his own research, and begins to write a parallel work of history: his own life's story. Fearing that someone might find these confessional pages, he begins to dig a tunnel out from beneath his home in an attempt to hide, or escape, from the past that he has so diligently cataloged.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e is many things: an awe-inspiring and apocalyptic novel that reckons with the accumulating brutality of the twentieth century; a mirror, asking readers to confront their own potential for darkness; and the crowning achievement by one of America's great prose stylists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Gass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1628976365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781628976366\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"William Gass","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47420074688767,"sku":"9781628976366","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_825e9ba0-1c01-4a7f-8375-eb33454b5615.jpg?v=1761525608","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-tunnel-william-gass-9781628976366","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}