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Title: The Ice-Shirt (Seven Dreams) by William T. Vollman, William T. Vollmann ISBN: 0-670-83239-1 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: October, 1990 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (9 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: History & Myth, a Nordic Adventure of Changes
Comment: This was the first Vollmann novel I've ever read, but I may just try another one before all is said and done. The book starts out focusing on norse mythology and legend and leads up to the adventure of Leif Erikson's sisters to Vineland (later the Americas). Interspersed between the history/legend are snippits of a modern iceland/greenland that reflects much of the norms set forth in the more historical portions of the piece. A main theme in the novel seems to be change. This is largely reflected in what "shirt" (or serk) a character is wearing and the change in character based on goals. There is also a sort of sad lesson about the "Skraelings" (or perhaps Eskimos/natives/Indians) and their ultimate demise as a race but passing on of noble traits "definitely not acquired from European teachers...." A good read, but a little confusing at first.
Rating: 5
Summary: too big in scope to describe
Comment: I just finished this novel after a month of intense reading and, in my opinion, it comes close to literary perfection. I can't wait to read Fathers & Crows. The sheer epic brilliance of the scope of this novel (and the following dreams) is bigger than The Blue Shirt. It exceeds Freydis's desire to plant frost-seed. This series won't be forgotten.
But be warned: this book is not for everyone. Suspension of disbelief and the ability to immerse one's mind into strange and inspiring places is necessary. Vollmann will leave you breathless with fatique, and sometimes you will love the world while other times you will despise it.
Buy this book and keep it close. It's always good to get another's perspective.
Rating: 4
Summary: Riffing on Thule
Comment: Vollmann can be difficult to read, but this book is worth a little effort. What makes this work interesting is the verbal jazzing of original sources from Icelandic saga, history, travel accounts, scholarship, Arctic folklore, and a little contemporary personal experience. This book is what might happen if Magnus Magnusson had brain fever--a phantasmagoric recreation of the North. What made this book enjoyable to me was the fact that I'm familiar with most of the sources and I appreciate the blends, melds, extrapolations, and abuses that Vollmann perpetuates on them. I'm not sure how this book would come across to someone without this background, but if nothing else they wouldn't be bored.
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Title: Fathers and Crows (Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes, Vol 2) by William T. Vollmann ISBN: 014016717X Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Rifles: A Book of North American Landscapes (Seven Dreams) by William T. Vollmann ISBN: 0140176233 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Argall: The True Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith by William T. Vollmann ISBN: 0142001503 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Whores for Gloria by William T. Vollmann ISBN: 0140231579 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: February, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: You Bright and Risen Angels by William T. Vollmann ISBN: 0140110879 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: December, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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