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"Agape Agape" is the concluding work of William Gaddis, a celebrated postwar American author known for his complex narratives. Drawing on over fifty years of research about the mechanization of the arts and the history of the player piano in America, Gaddis distills his exploration into a concentrated dramatic monologue. The story is narrated by an elderly man suffering from a terminal illness, through whom the novel examines the ways corporate technological culture can erode artistic expression. The book represents a subtle and focused culmination of Gaddis’s lifelong inquiry into the destructive forces that shape creative production.
First publish date: September 30, 2003
Genre: Literary Fiction/Classic Literature
Authors: William Gaddis
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