· William T. Vollmann's "The Ice-Shirt": Book Review After "Europe Central" and " Imperial," I figured I was ready to return to begin this first installment of Vollmann's gradually unfolding chronicle "Seven Dreams", which imagines the conflicts between natives and European settlers throughout what's now the U.S. and Canada. As William T. Vollmann tells the converging stories of these two peoples--and of the Norsewomen Freydis and Gudrid, whose venomous rivalry brings frost into paradise--he creates a tour-de-force of speculative history, a vivid amalgam of Icelandic saga, Inuit creation myth, and contemporary travel writing that yields a new an utterly original /5(4). · 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 www.doorway.ru: Penguin Publishing Group.
Find many great new used options and get the best deals for Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes Ser.: The Ice-Shirt by William T. Vollmann (, Hardcover) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! In , Vollmann published the first volume of the Seven Dreams series, The Ice-Shirt. With this novel, Vollmann attempts to revise the American past through historical literature. The Ice-Shirt begins with the initial contact between the Scandinavian Vikings, and the last volume will be about the Hopi Indians and the atomic bomb. Each "dream. The Ice-Shirt is a historical novel by American author William T. Vollmann. It is the first book in a seven-book series called Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes Fact, Fiction, Meta-fiction. The Ice-Shirt is set in the 10th century A.D. and.
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. The Ice-Shirt (Seven Dreams) by William T Vollmann () on www.doorway.ru *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Ice-Shirt (Seven Dreams) by William T Vollmann (). Jacket and boards with slight edge wear, remainder mark on bottom edge of text block. This is the first volume of Vollman's seven book cycle on the settling of North America. Add to Cart. Buy Now. Add to Wishlist. Item Price. $ The Ice Shirt. by Vollmann, William T.
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