RISING UP AND RISING DOWN

Vollmann, William T.

ISBN 10: 1932416021 / ISBN 13: 9781932416022

Published by McSweeney's, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., 2003

About this Item

7 volumes all firsts fine in near fine slipcase. SIGNED BY VOLLMANN AND by Patti and Craig Graham who are pictured in the book.

Seller Inventory # PB 222

Bibliographic Details

• Title: RISING UP AND RISING DOWN
• Publisher: McSweeney's, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1932416021
• ISBN 13: 9781932416022
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: FIRST
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • fiction

About this title

Synopsis

A labor of seventeen years, Vollmann's first book of nonfiction since 1992's An Afghanistan Picture Show is a gravely urgent invitation to look back at the world's long, bloody path and find some threads of meaning, wisdom, and guidance to plot a moral course. From the street violence of prostitutes and junkies to the centuries-long battles between the Native Americans and European colonists,Vollmann's mesmerizing imagery and compelling logic is presented with authority born of astounding research and personal experience.

Review

": '...massive, unprecedented...at its best, it's rigorous, novelistic, imaginative, sonorous prose treats a fundamental topic on a grand (and horrific) scale.' - Publishers Weekly, on the McSweeney's edition 'This book should be taught in every classroom. Its debates should run through our veins like blood and its lessons should haunt us like unresolved dreams.' - Zembla"