The settings for the stories in Vollmann’s collection range from Las Vegas to Bangkok, but his protagonists share traits in common. They are the desperate, the haunted, those who have reached the end of their ropes and are trying to make sense of a world that has failed them. The prostitutes and pimps, the addicts and the skinheads, who are the subjects of Vollmann’s stories are all engaged in larger journeys of self-discovery. The hope that the next fix, the next night of sex, the next trip abroad will finally lead them to an always allusive internal peace.
Author: William T. Vollmann, W. T. Vollmann
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 07/07/1994
Pages: 332
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.98w x 0.97d
ISBN: 9780802133953
Language: English
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