false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170294781m/45631.jpg 45631 1 <div>William T. Vollmann is one of our greatest living writers. Masterworks such as <i>You Bright and Risen Angels,</i> <i>The Royal Family,</i> and <i>Rising Up and Rising Down</i>&#8212;his latest work, a stunning 3,300-page tour-de-force&#8212;have launched him into the literary stratosphere. He stands today as one of America's leading contenders for a future Nobel Prize in literature.<br><br>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, <i>Expelled from Eden</i> creates a unique, kaleidoscopic portrait of one of America's most notorious, protean, devastating, and necessary writers.</div> 44823 12 2004 Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader total:48|5:10|4:26|3:10|2:2|1:0| 48 188 78 11 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 05:10:52 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 09 05:32:20 -0700 2007
His profile of the Afghan Taliban in November 2000 for the The New Yorker contains the uncanny predictive statement: "soon Afghans will be ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 14 14:31:43 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 14 14:40:44 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Dec 16 01:51:38 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 02:10:45 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Thu Jul 19 03:02:51 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 03:03:32 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 12:12:45 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 24 23:53:37 -0800 2009 Imperial manuscri...more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Feb 09 12:50:51 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 12:50:51 -0800 2009 4 0 true false Wed Sep 12 06:17:57 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 16:03:31 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 16:11:48 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Jan 08 08:58:13 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 08 12:22:18 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Aug 18 10:20:18 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 10:24:33 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Thu Oct 02 12:04:03 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 12:22:11 -0700 2008
The journalistic and otherwise non-fiction passages throughout are really rigorous and sober, as sharp and deep as an criminal inquest. The man is never, ever, ever, superficial.]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Mon Feb 04 08:56:51 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 04 08:56:51 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sat Oct 24 10:25:49 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 10:25:49 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Oct 20 23:31:52 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 23:31:52 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Oct 20 11:32:09 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 11:32:09 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 14 18:14:57 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 18:14:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Sep 04 22:12:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 22:12:25 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 01 23:04:12 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 23:04:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 15:37:21 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 15:37:36 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Aug 12 06:55:40 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 06:55:40 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 03 17:40:51 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 17:40:51 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=45631