Atlas

There's probably no such thing as unique where books are concerned. But this is pretty unusual. Hundreds of stories set all around the globe, some consisting of only one or two paragraphs, like literary postcards, except not of beauty spots but of the dark impoverished underlife of places. What stan......more

THE ATLAS SHRUGGED "I stumble into town just like a sacred cow Visions of swastikas in my head." [Bowie/Pop] "He said everything is messed up around here, everything is banal and jejune." [Cave] Ways of Gazing ...but evidently this is the nature of the world in which the author/narrator construct attempt......more

[URL not allowed] "Abrió el libro y la invitó a entrar. Con ternura, le alzó la cabeza y le colocó el libro debajo. Un rocío de lentejuelas de sangre impactó en las páginas, convirtiéndose en palabras de nuevo cuño. La sangre se expandió rápidamente. Su pelo arraigó entre las p......more

Vollmann is, famously, impervious to editing. He’s gone on record as saying that he is willing to endure a lot of lugubrious assignments to ensure that his books are untouched. The Atlas shows this, both to its advantage and detriment. There are no two ways around it: if some of the stories had bee......more

Sweet Reader, Allow me to corral this stampede of kittens. One Blind Billy was so in love. Then his "wife" left him. There wasn't a ceremony as such, he just knew it. This was love for Lifetime movie Network, it lasted as long as he bought her drinks and paid for the hotel room. She was gone. Blind B......more