{"product_id":"the-recognitions-american-literature","title":"The Recognitions (American Literature)","description":"The book Jonathan Franzen dubbed the \"ur-text of postwar fiction\" and the \"first great cultural critique, which, even if Heller and Pynchon hadn't read it while composing Catch-22 and V, managed to anticipate the spirit of both\" The Recognitions is a masterwork about art and forgery, and the increasingly thin line between the counterfeit and the fake. Gaddis anticipates by almost half a century the crisis of reality that we currently face, where the real and the virtual are combining in alarming ways, and the sources of legitimacy and power are often obscure to us.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1564786919\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.1564786919.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Gaddis, William|Gass PhD, MR William H\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: This copy has clearly been enjoyed—expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41747573899322,"sku":"DBV.1564786919.A","price":19.35,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/1564786919-0.jpg?v=1791953756","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/the-recognitions-american-literature","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}