Agapē Agape was written by Gaddis with the understanding that it would be his last published act as an author.

Agapē Agape was written by Gaddis with the understanding that it would be his last published act as an author. That crushing awareness of his own end is nearly palpable on every page. As a consequence, the writing is as deeply melancholic as it is directed. WILLIAM GADDIS (1922-1998) was twice awarded the National Book Award, for his novels J R and A Frolic of His Own. His other novels were The Recognitions and Carpenter’s Gothic; he was also the author of a collection of essays, The Rush for Second Place. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the recipient of a MacArthur Prize.

William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and complex books that helped inaugurate a new movement in American letters.

William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and. William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and complex books that helped inaugurate a new movement in American letters. Now comes his final work of fiction, a subtle, concentrated culmination of his art and ideas. For more than fifty years Gaddis collected notes for a book about the mechanization of the arts, told by way of a social history of the William Gaddis published four novels during his lifetime, immense and complex books that helped inaugurate a new movement in American letters.

I picked up Agape Agape after hearing so much about William Gaddis as an author but having never read one of his books. It was also found on one of the earlier NY Times Notable Book lists. I would say that this book is the definition of why the NYT calls its list "notable" and not "best" as this was certainly not one of the best books I have ever read. Agape Agape was published after the death of Gaddis and includes an Afterword from Joseph Tabbi

His other novels were The Recognitions and Carpenter’s Gothic; he was also the author of a collection of essays, The Rush for Second Place.

His other novels were The Recognitions and Carpenter’s Gothic; he was also the author of a collection of essays, The Rush for Second Place. and the recipient of a MacArthur Prize. SVEN BIRKERTS is the author of My Sky Blue Trades, The Gutenberg Elegies, Readings, American Energies, and other books. He lives in Arlington, Massachusetts. For more than fifty years Gaddis collected notes for a book about the mechanization of the arts, told by way of a social history of the player piano in America. In the years before his death in 1998, he distilled the whole mass into a fiction, a dramatic monologue by an elderly man with a terminal illness.

Agapē Agape is a novel by William Gaddis. Published posthumously in 2002 by Viking with an afterword by Joseph Tabbi, Agapē Agape was Gaddis' fifth and final novel. It was published in Great Britain with the contents of The Rush for Second Place as Agapē Agape and Other Writings by Atlantic Books in 2004. Agapē Agape is written in a paragraphless, monophonic style strongly reminiscent of that of Austrian writer Thomas Bernhard, who is referred to in the book itself.

by. Gaddis, William, 1922-1998. Books for People with Print Disabilities. Internet Archive Books.

Описание: Agapc Agape continues Gaddis& career-long reflection via the form of the novel on those aspects of corporate culture that are uniquely destructive of the arts

Описание: Agapc Agape continues Gaddis& career-long reflection via the form of the novel on those aspects of corporate culture that are uniquely destructive of the arts.

Gaddis completed Agape Agape just before his death

Gaddis completed Agape Agape just before his death. He has been writing it for 16 years, "like living with an invalid", he says