Europe Central

Europe Central

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name = Europe Central
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image_caption = Book cover, hardback edition.
author = William Vollmann
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Historical Fiction
publisher = Viking Adult
release_date = 2005
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media_type = Print (Hardcover and Paperback)
pages = 832 pp
isbn = ISBN 0670033928
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"Europe Central" is a 2005 National Book Award-winning novel by William T. Vollmann.cite web|url=http://www.nationalbook.org/nba2005_f_vollmann.html|title= 2005 National Book Award Winner. Fiction|accessdate=2008-02-28|author=Dubus, Andre III|publisher=National Book Foundation]

The novel, which takes place in central Europe in the 20th century, examines a vast array of characters, ranging from generals to martyrs, officers to poets, traitors to artists and musicians. It deals with the moral decisions made by people in the most testing of times and offering a bold and mesmerizing perspective on human actions during wartime. Vollmann makes use of many historical figures as characters including composer Dmitri Shostakovich, artist Kathe Kollwitz, film director Roman Karmen, SS officer Kurt Gerstein, as well as German general Friedrich Paulus and Soviet general Andrey Vlasov.

Reception

The Times Literary Supplement wrote that Vollmann "has turned to the historical novel and made it his own, fashioning a work which is cinematic in scope, epic in ambition and continuously engaging, shows that he is one of the most important and fascinating writers of our time."

The New York Times Book Review described it at his "most welcoming work, possibly his best book… part novel and part stories, virtuoso historical remembrance and focused study of violence."

Europe Central received the 2005 National Book Award for fiction.

In 2007, Europe Central was adapted for the stage by the Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern playwrights-in-residence John Justice and Michael A. Smith. It opened at Manbites Dog Theater in Durham, North Carolina on January 17th, 2008 and closed on February 2nd.

References

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* [http://www.almabooks.co.uk/EuropeCentral/AboutEuropeCentral/AboutEuropeCentral.html Alma Books the UK publisher, The Times Literary Supplement and the New York Times Book Review]
* [http://www.littlegreenpig.com Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern Website]
* [http://www.manbitesdogtheater.org Manbites Dog Theater Website]

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