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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100670033928
ISBN-139780670033928
eBay Product ID (ePID)43444904
Product Key Features
Book TitleEurope Central
Number of Pages832 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicGeneral, Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorWilliam T. Vollmann
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height2 in
Item Weight37.7 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-061170
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsA daring new departure from a writer whose books ‘tower over the work of his contemporaries’ (The Washington Post), A daring new departure from a writer whose books ‘tower over the work of his contemporaries’ ( The Washington Post )
Dewey Decimal813.54
SynopsisAudacious. Wildly ambitious. Prolific. All describe William T. Vollmann, author of the seven- volume nonfiction work Rising Upand Rising Downand the Seven Dreams” sequence of novels, which the Chicago Tribunehailed as likely to become one of the masterpieces of the century.”In Europe Central, 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 in the twentieth century. He conjures up two generals, one Russian and one German, who collaborate with the enemy for different reasons and with different results. Another pairing tells of two heroes—a female Russian partisan martyred at the beginning of World War II and a young German man who joins the SS in order to reveal its secrets and halt its crimes. Several stories concern the complex and elusive Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the Stalinist assaults against his work and life; also explored are the fates of artists and poets such as Käthe Kollwitz, Anna Akhmatova, and the documentary filmmaker Roman Karmen. Europe Centralis another high-wire act of fiction by a writer of prodigious talent.
LC Classification NumberPS3572.O395E97 2005
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- 04. Mai. 2018
It's about time Vollmann's artistical gifts are recognized.
Every Vollmann book is compelling. Glad he finally was awarded the National Book award. The book was professionally packed and shipped.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Neu
