{"product_id":"understanding-william-t-vollmann-il-zcan-9781643360294","title":"Understanding William T. Vollmann","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding William T. Vollmann\u003c\/i\u003e, Işıl  zcan studies the maturing career of one of the most important voices in contemporary letters. Vollmann's major works of fiction and nonfiction include his National Book Award winner, \u003ci\u003eEurope Central\u003c\/i\u003e; his highly acclaimed Seven Dreams novels; and his magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eRising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Urgent Means, and Justifications\u003c\/i\u003e.  zcan examines the common threads that interlace Vollmann's corpus and grapples with the depth and complexity of his massive output. In her readings of Vollmann's works, she identifies a rich but accessible set of themes that he explores afresh in each text, including death, war, violence, suffering, and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVollmann has written in many genres, and his writing is informed by his extensive research and travels around the world, his familiarity with red-light zones, and his war correspondence. The highly subjective and participative nature of much his writing has foregrounded his personality to such an extent that he became simultaneously a cult figure and a notorious adventurer. In her readings  zcan contends that Vollmann compels our attention because he registers a diversity of voices and discourses that makes us hear what the subjugated, the unrecognized, the weak, and the marginalized have to say; the scope and the force of Vollmann's openness to the Other is inseparable from his method and conduct.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to close readings of Vollmann's texts,  zcan also examines his influences and literary connections, tracing his ties to John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, James Agee, and Danilo Kis and situating him not only in the American canon but also in the longer duration of world literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Işıl ﾖzcan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643360299\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643360294\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.60d","brand":"I\u0026#351;\u0026#305;l ﾖzcan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44069955240191,"sku":"9781643360294","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5db5c62c-af21-4ca7-9a60-99027ab633ef.jpg?v=1685427489","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/understanding-william-t-vollmann-il-zcan-9781643360294","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}