William Gaddis

The Recognitions

originally published:
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company
1955

We offered this copy of the first edition in our Catalog 105.

awards:

  • National Book Award for Fiction(1976)
  • National Book Award for Fiction(1994)
  • New Yorker Authors
  • First Book(1955)
  • Time Magazine 100 Novels(1955)

reference info

bio notes:
born: 12/29/1922
died: 12/16/1998
born as: William Thomas Gaddis
nationality: USA

American novelist whose long, experimental works portray the contemporary human condition. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature

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