William T. Vollmann You Bright and Risen Angels (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: You Bright and Risen AngelsCondition: NewFormat: PaperbackISBN-10: 0140110879EAN: 9780140110876ISBN: 9780140110876Publisher: Penguin USARelease Date: 12/01/1988Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 197mmItem Length: 130mmItem Width: 37mmItem Weight: 510gAuthor: William T. VollmannGenre: Graphic NovelsDescription: The debut work of fiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central You Bright and Risen Angelsis the work of an extraordinary imagination. In this free-wheeling novel of epic proportions, William T. Vollmann has crafted a biting, hilarious satire of history, technology, politics, and misguided love. In the jungles of South America, on the ice fields of Alaska, the plains of the Midwest, and the streets of San Francisco, a fearsome battle rages. The insects are vying for world domination; the inventors of electricity stand in evil opposition. Bug , a young man, rebels against his own kind and joins forces with the insects. Wayne, a thug, allies himself with the malevolent forces of electricity and vows to assassinate the preying mantis who tends bar in Oregon. Read more Continue reading Read less FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "The story is an epic brew of technology, magic, politics, history and entomology, by turns fiercely satiric and good-naturedly humorous," maintained PW of this "ferociously talented first novel," about (among other things) a pitiless war between insects and the inventors of electricity. Illustrated by the author. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. ABOUT THE AUTHOR William T. Vollmann is the author of ten novels, including Europe Central, which won the National Book Award. He has also written four collections of stories, including The Atlas, which won the PEN Center USA West Award for Fiction, a memoir, and six works of nonfiction, including Rising Up and Rising Down and Imperial, both of which were finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is the recipient of a Whiting Writers Award and the Strauss Living Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His journalism and fiction have been published in The New Yorker, Harpers, Esquire, Granta, and many other publications. Read more Continue reading Read lessType: HumorRelease Year: 1988 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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