by William Vollman
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Published Mar 2005
832 pages
Genre: Literary Fiction
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A series of intertwined paired stories that compare and contrast the moral decisions made by various figures—some famous, some infamous, some unknown—associated with the warring authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the twentieth century.
National Book Awards, 2005'In the small set of America's best contemporary novelists, Vollmann is the perpetual comet. Every two years or so he flashes across the sky with another incredibly learned, incredibly written, incredibly long novel.' - Publishers Weekly.
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