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The Recognitions (Penguin Classics) by William Gaddis; William H. Gass is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Recognitions (Penguin Classics) about?
Wyatt Gwyon's desire to forge is not driven by larceny but from love. Exactingly faithful to the spirit and letter of the Flemish masters, he produces uncannily accurate 'originals' - pictures the painters themselves might have envied. In an age of counterfeit emotion and taste, the real and fake have become indistinguishable; yet Gwyon's forgeries reflect a truth that others cannot touch - cannot even recognize. Contemporary life collapses the distinction between the 'real' and the 'virtual' world, and Gaddis' novel pre-empts our common obsessions by almost half a century. This novel tackles the blurring of perceptual boundaries, The Matrix and Bladerunner pale in comparison to this epic novel.
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- William Gaddis; William H. Gass
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics; Penguin Books
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780140187083
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Children'S, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.22 / 5 (3,203 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
Other editions & translations
- The Recognitions (Penguin Classics) (2012)
- The Recognitions (American Literature) (2012)
- The Recognitions : a Novel (2020)
- The Recognitions (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) (1993)
- The Recognitions (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) (1955)
- The Recognitions (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) (2012)
- The Recognitions (1955)
- The recognitions (1974)
- The Recognitions : a Novel (1993)
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