The atlas
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, N.Y, U.S.A. : Viking, 1996.
Format
Book
ISBN
0670865788, 9780670865789
Physical Desc
xxiii, 459 pages, 18 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Status
Providence Public - Level G Fiction
Fic Vollmann
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Fic Vollmann
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Published
New York, N.Y, U.S.A. : Viking, 1996.
Language
English
ISBN
0670865788, 9780670865789
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-459).
Description
In The Atlas, William T. Vollmann presents his vision of our planet at the cusp, with old conflicts smoldering on and new miseries and estrangements multiplying. Bosnia, Phnom Penh, Jerusalem, New York, Mogadishu, the Arctic, a bazaar of fortune-tellers in Burma, a robber-infested disco in Madagascar - against these backdrops, Vollmann's tales live their own various and wildly different lives, from fable to surrealistic portrait to reportage. Above all, it is the human beings in this book who engage us: the old walrus hunter, the crack-addicted prostitute whose children have been taken away from her, the boxer brought in to lose, the drunken gypsy, and from time to time, of course, the author himself. Through their eyes, Vollmann writes of memory, oppression, loneliness, war, the thrill of the alien, and the infinitely precious pain of love. Arranged as a huge thematic palindrome, The Atlas showcases Vollmann's ability to build strange structures, sonnets composed of stories instead of words.
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Providence Public - Level G Fiction | Fic Vollmann | On Shelf |
Providence Public - Level G Fiction | Fic Vollmann | On Shelf |
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vollmann, W. T. (1996). The atlas . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vollmann, William T. 1996. The Atlas. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vollmann, William T. The Atlas Viking, 1996.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vollmann, William T. The Atlas Viking, 1996.
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