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Vollmann, William T.

Last stories and other stories / William T. Vollmann.

New York, New York : Viking, [2014]

xvii, 677 pages ; 24 cm

"A collection of ghost stories linked by themes of love, death, and the erotic ... far-flung their settings, all [focusing] on the attempts of the living to avoid, control, or even seduce death"-- Publisher's website.

Death -- Fiction.

Ghost stories.

Short stories.

Includes bibliographical references.

Escape -- Listening to the shells -- The leader -- The treasure of Jovo Cirtovich -- The madonna's forehead -- Cat goddess -- The trench ghost -- The faithful wife -- Doroteja -- The judge's promise -- June eighteenth -- The cemetery of the world -- Two kings in Zinogava -- The white-armed lady -- Where your treasure is -- The memory stone -- The narrow passage -- The queen's grave -- Star of Norway -- The forgetful ghost -- The ghost of Rainy Mountain -- The camera ghost -- The cherry tree ghost -- Paper ghosts -- Widow's weeds -- The banquet of death -- The grave-house -- Defiance -- Too late -- When we were seventeen -- The answer -- Goodbye.

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