William T Vollmann
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Vollmann presents a mesmerizing series of intertwined paired stories that compare and contrast the moral decisions made by various figures (some famous, some infamous, some unknown) associated with the warring authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR from 1900-1968.
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"The reading experience of a lifetime ..."—The Washington Post
The National Book Award winner takes readers inside the epic fighting retreat of the Nez Perce Indians
In this new installment in his acclaimed series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of the Nez Perce War, with flashbacks to the Civil War. Defrauded and intimidated at every...
The National Book Award winner takes readers inside the epic fighting retreat of the Nez Perce Indians
In this new installment in his acclaimed series of novels examining the collisions between Native Americans and European colonizers, William T. Vollmann tells the story of the Nez Perce War, with flashbacks to the Civil War. Defrauded and intimidated at every...
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In this landmark collection, William T. Vollmann offers a kaleidoscopic retrospective of the visual artwork he has produced over four decades, with new commentary from Vollmann on his process, inspiration, and the many intersections with his writing.
The celebrated author of over twenty-five books (among them the National Book Award-wining novel Europe Central, the seven-volume Rising Up and Rising Down, based on Vollmann's career as a war correspondent,...
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"The National Book Award winning author returns to his original fictional territory--the lives of the dispossessed in San Francisco--with a parable about the limitations of desire and life at the margins of society. In such earlier works of fiction as The Rainbow Stories and The Royal Family, William T. Vollmann wrote memorably of characters living in the seamy underbelly of San Francisco's Tenderloin district. In this new novel, Vollmann returns...
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The second volume of William T. Vollmann's epic investigation into the factors and human actions that have led to global warming begins in the coalfields of West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky, where "America's best friend" is not merely a fuel but a "heritage." Over the course of four years, Vollmann finds hollowed-out towns with coal-polluted streams and acidified drinking water, makes covert tours of mountaintop removal mines, gathers accounts of...