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5296239 No.5296239[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

>tfw unloved

Do you think it will take his passing for people to realize he is the greatest prose stylist of the twentieth-century's latter half?

>> No.5296268

That's not Gaddis

>> No.5296282

>>5296239
>>5296268

rekt etc

>> No.5296313

no. he's pretty popular with plebs here

>> No.5296316

>>5296282
Usually I hate this meme, but when I get to be the one doing the rekking, it's not so bad.

>> No.5296329

More like William HAS GAS!

>> No.5296417

That guy looks like a fucking tadphole I want to siquish him between two fingertips until he bloops out

>> No.5296449

>>5296239
His Paris Review interview is one of the best that the magazine has produced. Don't believe me? Have a gander:

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/3576/the-art-of-fiction-no-65-william-gass

>> No.5296552

>>5296449

that is really excellent. I imagine Gass would've been an amazing professor to have. One of my favorite professors loved the guy, so there's that.

also, I looked at the date
>Summer 1977
unbelievable! I thought it was (almost) contemporary. This guy is timeless.

>> No.5296583

Judging by his attitude, he seems to think people already realise it.