Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith
Volume Three of Seven Dreams
$64.43
- Paperback
746 pages
- Release Date
26 November 2002
Summary
In “Argall,” the newest novel in his Seven Dreams series, William T. Vollmann alternates between extravagant Elizabethan language and gritty realism in an attempt to dig beneath the legend surrounding Pocahontas, John Smith, and the founding of the Jamestown colony in Virginia—as well as the betrayals, disappointments, and atrocities behind it. With the same panoramic vision, mythic sensibility, and stylistic daring that he brought to the previous novels in the Seven Dreams series—hailed upon…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780142001509 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0142001503 |
| Author: | William T. Vollmann |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 746 |
| Release Date: | 26 November 2002 |
| Weight: | 667g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 139mm x 214mm |
| Series: | Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes (Paperback) |
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“Ascend[s] lyrically into the weather-beaten, blood-soaked early history of America” - THE INDEPENDENT “One of the masterpieces of the century.” - The Chicago Tribune “Arguably the best instalment in this magnificent series.” - Library Journal “Vollmann’s commanding yet nimble, ironic yet deeply felt approach to the continent’s complex history is the work of genius.” - Booklist (STARRED REVIEW)”
About The Author
William T. Vollmann
William T. Vollmann is the author of seven novels, three collections of stories, and a seven-volume critique of violence, “Rising Up and Rising Down”. He is also the author of “Poor People”, a worldwide examination of poverty through the eyes of the impoverished themselves; “Riding Toward Everywher
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