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Poor People

Poor People( )
Author: Vollmann, William T.
ISBN:978-0-06-087882-5
Publication Date:Feb 2007
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint:Ecco
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $29.95
Book Description:

because i was bad in my last life. because allah has willed it. because the rich do nothing for the poor. because the poor do nothing for themselves. because it is my destiny.

These are just some of the answers to the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asks in cities and villages around the globe: "Why are you poor?" In the tradition of James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, Vollmann's Poor People...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Poverty & Homelessness
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.41 Inches
Book Weight:1.67 Pounds
Author Biography
Vollmann, William T. (Author)
Journalist and novelist William T. Vollmann was born in 1959 and educated at Cornell University.

He worked as a comptuer programmer before becoming a journalist and covering Bosnia, Sarajevo and Afghanistan.

He has written extensively since 1987, when his first book, You Bright and Risen Angels, was published. The Atlas (1996) won the PEN Center USA West Award for the best novel by a writer living west of the Mississippi. His newest work of Non-Fiction is entitled, Imperial.

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