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Conversations with William T. Vollmann

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Availability:In StockContributor:Daniel Lukes (Editor)Series:Literary ConversationsPublish date:2020-01-27Pages:252
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496826701ISBN-10:1496826701UPC:9781496826701Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Popular CultureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SC6BK4Z67Y
Across fiction, journalism, ethnography, and history, William T. Vollmann's oeuvre--which includes a "prostitution trilogy," a septology (Seven Dreams) about encounters between first North Americans and European colonists, and a more-than-three-thousand-page philosophical treatise on violence--is as ambitious as it is dazzling. Conversations with William T. Vollmann collects twenty-nine interviews, from early press coverage in Britain where his career first took flight, to in-depth visits to his writing and art studio in Sacramento, California.

Throughout these conversations, Vollmann (b. 1959) speaks with candor and wit on such subjects as grief and guilt in his work, his love of guns and his experience of war, the responsibilities of the artist as witness, the benefits of looking out into the world beyond the confines of one's horizon, the limitations of what literature can achieve, and how we can speak to the future. Bringing to the fore several expanded, unpublished, and hard-to-find interviews, this volume offers a valuable set of perspectives on a uniquely rewarding and sometimes overwhelming writer. On the road promoting his books or in a domestic setting, Vollmann comes across as reflective and humane, humble in his craft despite deep dedication to his uncompromising vision, and ever armed with a spirit of mischief and capacity to shock and unsettle the reader.
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of MississippiISBN-13:9781496826701ISBN-10:1496826701UPC:9781496826701Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Literary Figures, Popular CultureSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.57 inchesWeight:0.8201Product ID:SC6BK4Z67Y
Daniel Lukes has a PhD in comparative literature from New York University and is coeditor of William T. Vollmann: A Critical Companion, coauthor of Triptych: Three Studies of Manic Street Preachers' "The Holy Bible," and author of various articles about literature and music.
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi

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