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William T. Vollmann

Imperial

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From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border - a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle AwardFor generations of migrant workers, Imperial Country has held the promise of paradise and the reality of hell. It sprawls across a stirring accidental sea, across the deserts, date groves and labor camps of Southeastern California, right across the border into Mexico. In this eye-opening book, William T. Vollmann takes us deep into the heart of this haunted region, exploring polluted rivers and guarded factories and talking with everyone from Mexican migrant… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-14-311840-4
  • EAN: 9780143118404
  • Produktnummer: 7280944
  • Verlag: Penguin Group
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
  • Seitenangabe: 1168 S.
  • Masse: H22.7 cm x B15.5 cm x D5.3 cm 1'082 g
  • Gewicht: 1082
  • Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor


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.

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