Do you believe that the “holy trinity” of modern postmodernism - Pavic, Fowles and Kundera - became what they became, BY THEMSELVES? Not at all! Previously - and much earlier - there was another “holy trinity” that MADE modern postmodernism what it is now. The Russian reader already knows two authors - Bart and Pynchon. There is a third one in front of you. William Gass. An absolute classic of style. Absolute master of words. The only writer capable of creating something like the “Cartesian Sonata” - conceptually connected surreal short stories-parables, elegantly and subtly illustrating the postulates of Cartesian philosophy...