Europe Central - Softcover
The author is the winner of the National Book Award for Fiction. In his magnificent new work of fiction, acclaimed author William T. Vollmann turns his acute intelligence to the warring authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century. "Europe Central" is composed of a series of intertwined stories which examine a vast array of characters, ranging from generals to martyrs, officers to poets, traitors to artists and musicians. "Europe Central" is a meticulously researched, powerfully written work of staggering scope, dealing in the moral decisions made by people in the most testing of times and offering a bold and mesmerising perspective on human actions during wartime.
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Review:
"A daring new departure from a writer whose books â tower over the work of his contemporaries" -- The Washington Post
"Vollmann asks us to put aside what we think we know of history and immerse ourselves in it once again." -- The Boston Globe
"one of the twenty best writers in America under forty." -- The New Yorker
A daring new departure from a writer whose books 'tower over the work of his contemporaries' -- The Washington Post
Europe Central is an enormous accomplishment, but really only offers a starting-point to understanding this author's oeuvre. -- The Independent, June 23, 2006
Vollmann asks us to put aside what we think we know of history and immerse ourselves in it once again. -- The Boston Globe
an enormous accomplishment... [and] incredibly rewarding; he has a
scope and ambition far beyond the ability of most authors -- The Independent, July 2006
one of the most important and fascinating writers of our time -- The Literary Review, July, 2006
the sheer brazen scope of the thing commands respect and
admiration -- The Daily Telegraph, May, 2006
â one of the twenty best writers in America under forty.â -- The New Yorker
From the Publisher:
"Vollmann asks us to put aside what we think we know of history and immerse ourselves in it once again." -- The Boston Globe
"one of the twenty best writers in America under forty." -- The New Yorker
A daring new departure from a writer whose books 'tower over the work of his contemporaries' -- The Washington Post
Europe Central is an enormous accomplishment, but really only offers a starting-point to understanding this author's oeuvre. -- The Independent, June 23, 2006
Vollmann asks us to put aside what we think we know of history and immerse ourselves in it once again. -- The Boston Globe
an enormous accomplishment... [and] incredibly rewarding; he has a
scope and ambition far beyond the ability of most authors -- The Independent, July 2006
one of the most important and fascinating writers of our time -- The Literary Review, July, 2006
the sheer brazen scope of the thing commands respect and
admiration -- The Daily Telegraph, May, 2006
â one of the twenty best writers in America under forty.â -- The New Yorker
Winner of the US National Book Award
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- PublisherAlma Books Ltd
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1846880017
- ISBN 13 9781846880018
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages800
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