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William T. Vollmann

Born July 28, 1959

William Tanner Vollmann is an American novelist, journalist, war correspondent, short story writer and essayist. He won the 2005 National Book Award for Fiction with the novel Europe Central.

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Books43

Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume One: Photographs: 1980-2020

Shadows of Love, Shadows of Loneliness: Volume One: Photographs: 1980-2020

Riding Toward Everywhere

Riding Toward Everywhere

Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip through Hell and High Water in Post-earthquake Japan

Into the Forbidden Zone: A Trip through Hell and High Water in Post-earthquake Japan

The Lucky Star

The Lucky Star

2020
No Good Alternative: Volume Two of Carbon Ideologies

No Good Alternative: Volume Two of Carbon Ideologies

2018
No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies

No Immediate Danger: Volume One of Carbon Ideologies

2018
The Dying Grass

The Dying Grass

2015
Ultime storie e altre storie

Ultime storie e altre storie

2014
The Book of Dolores

The Book of Dolores

2013
The Best American Travel Writing 2012

The Best American Travel Writing 2012

2012
Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater

Kissing the Mask: Beauty, Understatement, and Femininity in Japanese Noh Theater

2010
San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics

San Francisco Noir 2: The Classics

2009
Imperial

Imperial

2008
I poveri

I poveri

2007
Pourquoi etes-vous pauvres ?

Pourquoi etes-vous pauvres ?

2007

with Christophe Claro

Poor People

Poor People

2007
Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Uncentering the Earth: Copernicus and The Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

2006
Uncentering The Earth: Copernicus and On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Uncentering The Earth: Copernicus and On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

2006
Europe Central

Europe Central

2005
Central Europe

Central Europe

2005
Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader

Expelled from Eden: A William T. Vollmann Reader

2004

with Larry McCaffery and Michael Hemmingson

Rising Up And Rising Down

Rising Up And Rising Down

2003
Inside Islam

Inside Islam

2002

with Huston Smith and Robert D. Kaplan

Argall

Argall

2001
The Royal Family

The Royal Family

2000
The Atlas

The Atlas

1996
I fucili

I fucili

1994
The Rifles

The Rifles

1994
The Review of Contemporary Fiction Younger Writers Issue (Summer 1993): William T. Vollmann / Susan Daitch / David Foster Wallace

The Review of Contemporary Fiction Younger Writers Issue (Summer 1993): William T. Vollmann / Susan Daitch / David Foster Wallace

1993

with Larry McCaffery

Historias del Mariposa

Historias del Mariposa

1993
Butterfly Stories

Butterfly Stories

1993
Fathers and Crows

Fathers and Crows

1992
An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World

An Afghanistan Picture Show: Or, How I Saved the World

1992
Whores for Gloria

Whores for Gloria

1991
Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs

Thirteen Stories and Thirteen Epitaphs

1991
Puttane per Gloria

Puttane per Gloria

1991
The Ice-Shirt

The Ice-Shirt

1990
The Rainbow Stories

The Rainbow Stories

1989
You Bright and Risen Angels

You Bright and Risen Angels

1988
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

A Tomb for Boris Davidovich

1976
Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan

Omer Pasha Latas: Marshal to the Sultan

1975
Dirty Snow

Dirty Snow

1948
Journey to the End of the Night

Journey to the End of the Night

1932

Collections1

Last stories and other stories

Last stories and other stories

Box sets & omnibuses1

A Table for Fortune: Box Set

A Table for Fortune: Box Set

2026