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2492549 No.2492549 [Reply] [Original]

/lit/'s thoughts on William T. Vollmann?

Or "Contemporary Author General"

>> No.2492575

Vollman is in the top ten living authors list IMO. The Atlas is a masterpiece.

>> No.2492582

What a peculiar and interesting guy. Looking at the first baby paragraph of his Wikipedia entry I feel like I'd dismiss a character with a Deep Springs education and lasting guilt over his sister's drowning death as quirk overload if they showed up as a character in a Fox Searchlight release. Do you have a recommended starting point or should I just start looking out for Europe Central at the university used bookstore?

On a more mainstream, Michelle-Obama's-Facebook-profile-approved Contemporary Authors tip, I just started reading White Teeth after enjoying Zadie Smith's essay collection and it definitely...reads young. I'll try On Beauty at some point but I probably should have gone for it first.

>> No.2492672

>>2492582
OP here, i just started him, but i started with "You Bright and Risen Angels" which i am really enjoying.

>> No.2492690

cringing salad general

cringing prose general

>> No.2492694

I do my best to recommend "Europe Central" as often as possible on /lit/. Great book.

>> No.2495061

I eat massive cock.