In the Heart of the Heart of the Country Author:Gass, William H. This is a collection of two novellas and three short stories. — The Midwest is not only the setting of the title story; it is also in a deep sense the protagonist. As the narrator muses about politics, weather, business, education, the reader is made more and more aware of the nature of life in that region. The novella describes, covertly, a lo... more »ve story, and also gradually unfolds the nature of the narrator.« less