Middle C
By: William H. Gass
Edition: Large print edition.
Series: Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice; Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice
Publisher: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Waterville, Maine
Language: eng
Number of pages: 701
ISBN-13: 9781410459589
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Self-presentation; Music teachers; Large type books; Austrians; Identity (Psychology); Ethnic identity; Fiction
Description: In 1938, Joseph Skizzen's father, pretending to be Jewish, leaves Austria for England with his family to avoid any connection with the Nazis, who he foresees will soon take over his homeland. When he disappears under mysterious circumstances, the family is relocated to a small town in Ohio. There Joseph Skizzen grows up, becomes a decent amateur piano player, and creates a fantasy self: a professor whose goal is to establish the Inhumanity Museum.