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Europe Central: National Book Award Winner Paperback – 30 Nov. 2005

by William T Vollmann (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 116 ratings
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    832 pages
  2. Language
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  3. Publisher
    Penguin Books
  4. Publication date
    30 Nov. 2005
  5. Dimensions
    13.79 x 4.83 x 21.39 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    9780143036593
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"His most welcoming work, possibly his best book . . . part novel and part stories, virtuoso historical remembrance and focused study of violence."
- The New York Times Book Review

"A jarring, haunting, absurdly ambitious symphony of a book . . . It has an emotional force capable of ripping almost any reader from his moorings. . . . Vollmann has done as much as anyone in recent memory to return moral seriousness to American fiction."
- Steve Kettmann, San Francisco Chronicle

"Resembles War and Peace not merely in its scope, but in its perception of history as a determining force that individual lives merely illustrate . . . Aspires to the highest possible potential of literature."
- Melvin Jules Bukiet, Los Angeles Times

"A grimly magnificent dramatization of the impossible moral choices forced on individuals by these totalitarian regimes . . . if you have been following Vollmann's extraordinary career, Europe Central may be his best novel ever."
- Steven Moore, The Washington Post

"Profound . . . Vollmann asks us to put aside what we think we know of history and immerse ourselves in it once again."
- John Freeman, The Boston Globe

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A daring literary masterpiece of historical fiction that weaves together the gripping stories of those caught in the web of authoritarian rule. Through interwoven narratives that paint a portrait of 20th century Germany and the USSR and the monstrous age they defined, Europe Central captures a chorus of voices both real and fictional--a young German who joins the SS to fight its crimes, two generals who collaborate with the enemy for different reasons, and the tumultuous life of Soviet composer Dmitri Shos

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0143036599
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Books; Reprint edition (30 Nov. 2005)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 832 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780143036593
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0143036593
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.79 x 4.83 x 21.39 cm
  • Customer reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 116 ratings

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William Tanner Vollmann (born July 28, 1959) is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer, and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction for the novel Europe Central. He lives in Sacramento, California, with his wife and daughter.

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