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Must the 'Poor People' be always with us? William Vollmann travels the globe to study poverty, but finds more questions than answers.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)(Book review)
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Byline: Chuck Leddy
Social scientists have long sought to define and quantify poverty, but the concept has remained stubbornly amorphous. In Poor People, renowned author William Vollmann (winner of the 2005 National Book Award for his novel "Europe Central") investigates global poverty through a series of interviews with poor people he encounters around the world. Vollmann's compassionate and ruminative account asks crucial questions, but provides few definitive answers.
"For me," writes Vollmann, "poverty is not mere deprivation; for people may possess fewer things than ...
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