num_pages: 320
description: Tests of Time brings us fourteen witty and elegant essays by novelist and literary critic William H. Gass, "the finest prose stylist in America" (Steven Moore, Washington Post ). Whether he's exploring the nature of narrative, the extent and cost of political influences on writers, or the relationships between the stories we tell and the moral judgments we make, Gass is always erudite, entertaining, and enlightening.
language: English
title: Tests of Time
titlecomplete: Tests of Time
genres: American, The United States Of America, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Essays, Literary Criticism
ratings_count: 115
awards: awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay , awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Criticism
publisher: University Of Chicago Press