Last Stories and Other Stories - William T. Vollmann

nSupernaturally tinged stories from William T. Vollmann, author of the National Book Award winner Europe Central n Watch for Vollmann's new work of nonfiction, No Immediate Danger, coming in April of 2018 n nIn this magnificent new work of fiction, his first in nine years, celebrated author William T. Vollmann offers a collection of ghost stories linked by themes of love, death, and the erotic.

n n A Bohemian farmer's dead wife returns to him, and their love endures, but at a gruesome price. A geisha prolongs her life by turning into a cherry tree. A journalist, haunted by the half-forgotten killing of a Bosnian couple, watches their story, and his own wartime tragedy, slip away from him.

A dying American romances the ghost of his high school sweetheart while a homeless salaryman in Tokyo animates paper cutouts of ancient heroes. n n Are ghosts memories, fantasies, or monsters? Is there life in death?

Vollmann has always operated in the shadowy borderland between categories, and these eerie tales, however far-flung their settings, all focus on the attempts of the living to avoid, control, or even seduce death. Vollmann's stories will transport readers to a fantastical world where love and lust make anything possible.n