In one sense, it’s easy to see why. The Recognitions is a book that is constantly slipping away from the reader, requiring a level of attention and commitment rare for the novel in the present day.

This fall, New York Review Books will publish new editions of two major works by the late postmodernist author William Gaddis. The author's sophomore novel, JR, which includes an introduction by ...

Before you commit to reading William Gaddis’ two greatest novels, “JR” and “The Recognitions” — recently reissued by New York Review Books with new introductions — you need to get a few things ...

The Recognitions, by William Gaddis. NYRB Classics. 976 pages. $27.95. J R, by William Gaddis. NYRB Classics. 784 pages. $24.95. Readers with more than passing interest in the twentieth-century novel ...

William “Bill” Gaddis, 75, of North Yarmouth, ME died as a result of an ultra-light accident on Sunday, June 24, 2012. He was born in Gary IN, the son of Catherine (Pester) Gaddis and William E.

William Gaddis has not been neglected, but he has not been fully understood either. His work doesn’t critique consumerism as much as it does self-referential originality—a world “that has given up on ...

William Gaddis is the author of The Recognitions, a massive 30-year-old novel noted for its high style and erudite handling of religion and art. The book has been compared with Joyce’s Ulysses and ...

Before you commit to reading William Gaddis’ two greatest novels, “JR” and “The Recognitions” — recently reissued by New York Review Books with new introductions — you need to get a few things ...