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(4.23) | 6 | William T. Vollmann is one of our greatest living writers. Masterworks such as You Bright and Risen Angels, The Royal Family, and Rising Up and Rising Down--his latest work, a stunning 3,300-page tour de force--have launched him into the literary stratosphere and added his name to the list of potential future Nobelists. Here is his long-awaited "best-of" collection, intended both as an introduction for the curious reader, and as a necessary addition to the existing fan's collection. With excerpts from all of Vollmann's novels (including several not yet published), journalistic pieces, essays, correspondence, and poetry, Expelled from Eden creates a unique, kaleidoscopic portrait of one of America's most notorious, protean, devastating, and necessary writers.… (more) |
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It is curious that so many people are becoming interested in Eden now that the end seems near.
--William T. Vollmann,
in a 1994 Los Angeles Times profile  And East of Eden he was cast.
--Bruce Springsteen
"Adam Raised a Cain" | |
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For Sindra and Tara and for Ronald Sukenick (1932-2004) | |
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I have wanted to write (and I have been writing) ever since I was six or seven. | |
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▾Book descriptions William T. Vollmann is one of our greatest living writers. Masterworks such as You Bright and Risen Angels, The Royal Family, and Rising Up and Rising Down--his latest work, a stunning 3,300-page tour de force--have launched him into the literary stratosphere and added his name to the list of potential future Nobelists. Here is his long-awaited "best-of" collection, intended both as an introduction for the curious reader, and as a necessary addition to the existing fan's collection. With excerpts from all of Vollmann's novels (including several not yet published), journalistic pieces, essays, correspondence, and poetry, Expelled from Eden creates a unique, kaleidoscopic portrait of one of America's most notorious, protean, devastating, and necessary writers. ▾Library descriptions No library descriptions found. ▾LibraryThing members' description
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Contents: PREFACE by Michael Hemmingson INTRODUCTION by Larry McCaffery PART I Background and Influences - Biographical Statement (c. 1989)
- from “The Land of Counterpane”
- The Butterfly Boy
- Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S.A. (1968)
- Some Thoughts on Neglected Water Taps
- List of “Contemporary” Books Most Admired by Vollmann (1990)
- from “The Ghost of Magnetism”
- Preface to Ken Miller’s Open All Night
- Ken Miller, Selection of Photos
- Honesty
PART II On Death, War, and Violence - Three Meditations on Death
- Across the Divide
- Regrets of a Schoolteacher
- Zoya
- from “The Grave of Lost Stories”
- Review of Reporting Vietnam
- Some Thoughts on the Value of Writing During Wartime
- from “Moral Calculus”
PART III On Love, Sex, Prostitutes, and Pornography - The Agony of Parker
- The Shame of It All
- Nicole
- Decisions, Decisions
- The Hermaphrodite
- List of What Porn Is (and Isn’t)
- Sunflower
- from “The Best Way to Smoke Crack”
- Prayer Against Angels
PART IV On Travel - Antarctica
- The Conquest of Kianazor
- The Advantages of Space (1978)
- A Bizarre Proposition (1979)
- Subzero’s Debt, 1991
- The Water of Life
PART V On Writing, Literature, and Culture - Writing
- Letter Against Cuts
- Whores for Gloria: A Note to Publishers
- Crabbed Cautions of a Bleeding-Hearted Un-Deleter-and Potential Nobel Prize Winner
- “My Life’s Work” (2002)
- American Writing Today: Diagnosis of a Disease
- Afterword to Danilo Kiš’s A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
- Debts and Debtors
- To the Right Honourable Reader
- The Stench of Corpses
- Melville’s Magic Mountain
- Steinbeck: Most American of Us All
POSTFACE by Michael Hemmingson APPENDICES - A. A William T. Vollmann Chronology by Larry McCaffery
- B. Seven Dreams: Description of Project
- C. Lists
- D. CoTangent Press Book Objects
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS PERMISSIONS ABOUT THE EDITORS A TRAVELER’S EPITAPH | |
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