{"product_id":"9781628976366","title":"The Tunnel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e, William H. Gass’ colossal second novel, appeared on the literary scene in 1995, after three decades at the typewriter. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e was hailed by many as an indisputable masterpiece, reviled by others as a suffocating and overwhelming experiment, and has been voraciously studied by readers ever since. The story of a middle-aged history professor who, upon nearing completion of his magnum opus, \"Guilt and Innocence in Hitler's Germany,\" finds himself implicated in his own research, and begins to write a parallel work of history: his own life’s story. Fearing that someone might find these confessional pages, he begins to dig a tunnel out from beneath his home in an attempt to hide, or escape, from the past that he has so diligently cataloged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Tunnel\u003c\/em\u003e is many things: an awe-inspiring and apocalyptic novel that reckons with the accumulating brutality of the twentieth century; a mirror, asking readers to confront their own potential for darkness; and the crowning achievement by one of America’s great prose stylists.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Gass","offers":[{"title":"Deep Vellum |  Paperback \/ softback | Trade paperback (US) |  2026-04-17","offer_id":47353574359295,"sku":"9781628976366","price":43.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_dc301e55-22d9-4483-8efb-a268f76d1233.jpg?v=1760540910","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781628976366","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}