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A review by yopo
The Rainbow Stories by William T. Vollmann
3.0
So so so so uneven but when the stories are good they’re unbelievably good. The prose is searing when it’s focused and absolutely punishing when it rambles, which is often.
There are three kinds of stories in this collection:
1. Esoteric history lesson that is mostly made-up
2. I Want to Fuck This Girl So Bad Hnnngg
3. Let’s fetishize the poor and/or the uneducated
There are one or two great stories in each category, but the rest are skippable. Especially good stories included “Ladies and Red Lights” “Yellow Rose” and “The Blue Yonder.”
There are three kinds of stories in this collection:
1. Esoteric history lesson that is mostly made-up
2. I Want to Fuck This Girl So Bad Hnnngg
3. Let’s fetishize the poor and/or the uneducated
There are one or two great stories in each category, but the rest are skippable. Especially good stories included “Ladies and Red Lights” “Yellow Rose” and “The Blue Yonder.”