num_pages: 3298
description: A labor of seventeen years, Vollmann's first book of nonfiction since 1992's An Afghanistan Picture Show is a gravely urgent invitation to look back at the world's long, bloody path and find some threads of meaning, wisdom, and guidance to plot a moral course. From the street violence of prostitutes and junkies to the centuries-long battles between the Native Americans and European colonists,Vollmann's mesmerizing imagery and compelling logic is presented with authority born of astounding research and personal experience.
language: English
title: Rising Up And Rising Down
titlecomplete: Rising Up And Rising Down (7 Volumes)
genres: Sociology, Crime, History, American, Essays, Philosophy, War, Politics, Unfinished, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 786
series: Rising Up and Rising Down
publisher: McSweeney's Books/McSweeney's Publishing LLC