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William Thomas Gaddis, Jr. was an American novelist.

The first and longest of his five novels, The Recognitions, was named one of TIME magazine's 100 best novels from 1923 to 2005

and two others, J R and A Frolic of His Own, won the annual U.S. National Book Award for Fiction.

A collection of his essays was published posthumously as The Rush for Second Place . The Letters of William Gaddis was published by Dalkey Archive Press in February 2013.

Gaddis is widely considered one of the first and most important American postmodern writers. Wikipedia  

✵ 29. December 1922 – 16. December 1998  •  Other names Вільям Ґеддіс, ויליאם גדיס, विलियम गैडिस
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Works

The Recognitions
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
A Frolic of His Own
William Gaddis
J R
J R
William Gaddis
The Recognitions
The Recognitions
William Gaddis
A Frolic of His Own
William Gaddis
J R
J R
William Gaddis
William Gaddis: 8 quotes1 like

Famous William Gaddis Quotes

“Why do you treat me as they do, as though I were exactly what I want to be. Why do we treat people that way?”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

Source: The Recognitions

“Justice? -- You get justice in the next world. In this one you have the law.”

William Gaddis book A Frolic of His Own

Source: A Frolic of His Own

“If it is not beautiful for someone, it does not exist.”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

Source: The Recognitions

“What's any artist, but the dregs of his work? the human shambles that follows it around. What's left of the man when the work's done but a shambles of apology.”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

Source: The Recognitions

“If you want to make a million you don't have to understand money, what you have to understand is people's fears about money”

William Gaddis book J R

Source: JR

“Merry Christmas! the man threatened.”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

Source: The Recognitions

“How real is any of the past, being every moment revalued to make the present possible…”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

Source: The Recognitions

“It is the bliss of childhood that we are being warped most when we know it the least.”

William Gaddis book The Recognitions

Source: The Recognitions

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