{"product_id":"the-tunnel","title":"The Tunnel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBy:\u003c\/strong\u003e William Gass\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Deep Vellum Publishing, 2026-04-07\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Tunnel, William H. Gass' colossal second novel, appeared on the literary scene in 1995, after three decades at the typewriter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tunnel 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Tunnel 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\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Phoenix Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137646575785,"sku":"PHBK-9781628976366","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/9899\/1785\/files\/27182733482767.jpg?v=1780332851","url":"https:\/\/myti.com\/products\/the-tunnel","provider":"Myti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}