- Short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author)
In The Atlas, William T. Vollmann presents his vision of our planet at the cusp, with old conflicts smoldering on and new miseries and estrangements multiplying.
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- Author
- William T. Vollmann
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 459
- Publisher
- Viking, Penguin Books, Tandem Library
- Editions
- 3
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781417703715
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