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The story is bookended by the story of Brackett Omensetter who arrives with his family to settle down. The middle (and the bulk) of the novel is devoted to the spiritual and mental degradation of the town's priest, Jethro Furber, who is jealous of Omensetter's magnetic personality and the luck that seems to underpin Omensetter's ...
- William H. Gass
- 1966
William H. Gass. 4.00. 2,183 ratings273 reviews. 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.
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- William H. Gass
1 de abr. de 1997 · 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, and Eyes: Novellas and Stories....
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- William H. Gass
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.
- William H. Gass
- Paperback
1 de abr. de 1997 · 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.
Published in 1966, Omensetter's Luck drew widespread acclaim from critics, who were drawing comparisons to William Faulkner, Edgar Lee Masters, Sherwood Anderson and James Joyce. The book has gone through many editions, both foreign and domestic, and remains in print today.
