Rising Up and Rising Down
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| Rising Up and Rising Down | |
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| Author(s) | William T. Vollmann |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Violence |
| Genre(s) | Non-fiction |
| Publisher | McSweeney's Books (first edition), Ecco Press (abridged) |
| Publication date | November 2003 |
| Media type | Print (hardcover & paperback) |
| Pages | 3352 (first edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 978-1932416022 |
| OCLC Number | 53820538 |
Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means is a seven-volume treatise on the subject of violence by American author William T. Vollmann. First published by McSweeney's in November 2003, it was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. A single-volume condensed version was published at the end of the year by Ecco Press, an abridgment Vollmann explained by saying, "I did it for the money."[1] Representing over 20 years of work, Rising Up and Rising Down attempts to establish a moral calculus to consider the causes, effects, and ethics of violence. Much of it consists of Vollmann's own reporting from places wracked by violence, among them Cambodia, Somalia, and Iraq.
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