Dec 23, 2009

Omensetter's Luck | Omensetter’s Luck

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Author: William H. Gass
First Published: 1966
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Symbolic realism
Time of Work: 1890’s
Setting: Gilean, Ohio, an imaginary river town
Principal Characters: Brackett Omensetter, Henry Pimber, Jethro Furber, Israbestis Tott
Genres: Long fiction
Subjects: Language or languages
Locales: Ohio

The Story:

Brackett Omensetter moved his pregnant wife, Lucy, and their two daughters to Gilean, a late nineteenth century town on the Ohio River. After persuading the blacksmith to hire him as an assistant, Omensetter visited Henry Pimber to rent a house. Although the gentle Pimber responded immediately to Omensetter’s charismatic ease and self-confidence, he considered Omensetter “a foolish, dirty, careless man.” Nevertheless, Omensetter’s “carelessness” stirred him, for it seemed to him to be the basis of spiritual grace. Unlike Pimber, who was clumsy and...

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Omensetter's Luck | Omensetter’s Luck

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