You Bright and Risen AngelsThe debut work of fiction from the National Book Award-winning author of Europe Central You Bright and Risen Angels is 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. |
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... Fred " to start with ; Fred was in effect her first - born child . We picked Fred out together at the Vivarium in Emeryville ; and how it hissed when the man took it away from the rest of its brood . . . All the vipers seemed very happy ...
... Fred " to start with ; Fred was in effect her first - born child . We picked Fred out together at the Vivarium in Emeryville ; and how it hissed when the man took it away from the rest of its brood . . . All the vipers seemed very happy ...
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... Fred with things , and were always there , even after Fred had forgotten about them . They kept Fred in a place where it was always light and the warmth never changed , and there were no waving leaves or wise tree - boughs to whisper to ...
... Fred with things , and were always there , even after Fred had forgotten about them . They kept Fred in a place where it was always light and the warmth never changed , and there were no waving leaves or wise tree - boughs to whisper to ...
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William T. Vollmann. Fred's lidless eyes , but it warmed Fred and relaxed Fred's interlock- ing spine , so Fred lay coiled and basked and was patient , because one day Clara Bee might let it go or it might escape . Besides , it did not ...
William T. Vollmann. Fred's lidless eyes , but it warmed Fred and relaxed Fred's interlock- ing spine , so Fred lay coiled and basked and was patient , because one day Clara Bee might let it go or it might escape . Besides , it did not ...
Contents
The Little MatchSeller | 9 |
Synthetic Cognitions a PrioriIn the JungleStation | 52 |
and Misconceptions 18781911The Switch is Thrown | 133 |
Copyright | |
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