{"product_id":"the-tunnel-william-gass-paperback","title":"The Tunnel -- William Gass, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerhaps even more chillingly relevant today than it was thirty years ago, this gripping and deeply personal interrogation of fascism returns to print at last in a remarkable full-color anniversary edition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e, William H. Gass' colossal second novel, thundered onto the literary scene in 1995 after three decades at the typewriter. Hailed by many as an indisputable masterpiece, reviled by others as a suffocating and overwhelming experiment, \u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e has been voraciously studied by readers ever since. This is 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\n\n\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 of one of America's great prose stylists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e William Gass\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dalkey Archive Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 4\/7\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.03 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.9\" H x 6\" L x 1.8\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781628976366\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kotton Kandy Skies","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53159620608299,"sku":"9781628976366","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0962\/2978\/5899\/files\/9781628976366_18bfd5d3-1146-4b4a-ac0b-70e991f13e6d.jpg?v=1780942313","url":"https:\/\/2trc11-eq.myshopify.com\/products\/the-tunnel-william-gass-paperback","provider":"Kotton Kandy Skies","version":"1.0","type":"link"}