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  Europe Central (Paperback) By (author) William T Vollmann

  

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  Short Description for Europe CentralIn his newest work, Vollmann presents a mesmerizing series of intertwined paired stories that compare and contrast the moral decisions made by various figures associated with the warring authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the 20th century.
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  • Publisher: Penguin Books
  • Published: 01 December 2005
  • Format: Paperback 811 pages
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  • Categories: Contemporary Fiction | Military Fiction | Historical Fiction
  • ISBN 13: 9780143036593 ISBN 10: 0143036599
  • Sales rank: 174,690

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• In this magnificent work of fiction, William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye to the authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century. Assembling a composite portrait of these two warring leviathans and the terrible age they defined, the narrative intertwines experiences both real and fictional?a young German who joins the SS to expose its crimes, two generals who collaborate with the enemy for different reasons, the Soviet composer Dmitri Shostakovich laboring under Stalinist oppression. Through these and other lives, Vollmann offers a daring and mesmerizing perspective on human actions during wartime.