Omensetter's Luck

William H. Gass

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Penguin Books Ltd
25 September 1997

Literature, Poetry & Criticism; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Classic crime

Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin

""The most important work of fiction by an American in this literary generation."" -The New Republic

Now celebrating the 50th anniversary of its publication, Omensetter's Luck is the masterful first novel by the author of The Tunnel, Middle C, On Being Blue, andEyes- Novellas and Stories.

Greeted as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1966, Omensetter's Luck is the quirky, impressionistic, and breathtakingly original story of an ordinary community galvanized by the presence of an extraordinary man. Set in a small Ohio town in the 1890s, it chronicles - through the voices of various participants and observers - the confrontation between Brackett Omensetter, a man of preternatural goodness, and the Reverend Jethro Furber, a preacher crazed with a propensity for violent thoughts. Omensetter's Luck meticulously brings to life a specific time and place as it illuminates timeless questions about life, love, good, and evil. This edition includes an afterword written by William Gass in 1997.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

By: William H. Gass
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 244g
ISBN: 9780141180106
ISBN 10: 0141180102
Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 25 September 1997
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Omensetter's Luck

""[Omensetter's Luck is] Gass’ first novel, and his least avant-gardeish, and his best. Basically a religious book. Very sad. Contains the immortal line “The body of Our Saviour shat but Our Saviour shat not.” Bleak but gorgeous, like light through ice."" -David Foster Wallace ""Omsensetter's Luck is the work of a totally committed, totally uncompromising and extraordinarily gifted writer."" -Walker Percy ""A rich fever, a parade of secrets, delirious, tormented, terrifying, comic...one of the most exciting, energetic and beautiful novels we can ever hope to read."" -Harper's

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