You Bright and Risen Angels | |
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1st UK edition |
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Author(s) | William Vollmann |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre(s) | Fiction |
Publisher | André Deutsch |
Publication date | 1987 |
Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
Pages | 704 pp |
ISBN | 0-233-98022-9 |
OCLC Number | 14241374 |
You Bright and Risen Angels is a 1987 novel by William T. Vollmann, detailing a fictional war between insects and the forces of modern civilization. Vollmann described the book, his first, as "an allegory in part", inspired by his experiences with the mujahedeen in Afghanistan.[1] The novel is subtitled "A Cartoon."