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{{short description|Book by William T. Vollmann}}
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| name          = You Bright and Risen Angels
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| image         = YouBrightAndRisenAngels.jpg
| caption       = First UK edition
| author        = [[William Vollmann]]
| illustrator   =
| cover_artist  = Foreground: [[Alfred Brehm]], ''Eintagsfliege (Mayfly)'' from ''[[Brehms Tierleben]]''- 1892
| country       = United States
| language      = English
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| genre         =
| published     = 1987
| publisher     = [[André Deutsch]] (UK)<br>[[Atheneum Books|Atheneum]] (US)
| media_type    = Print ([[Hardcover]] and [[Paperback]])
| pages         = 704 pp
| isbn          = 0-233-98022-9
| oclc          = 14241374
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'''''You Bright and Risen Angels''''' is a 1987 novel by [[William T. Vollmann]], detailing a fictional war between [[insect]]s 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. The novel is subtitled "A [[Cartoon]]."  It is illustrated by the author.
==Writing and composition==
Vollman did not have a literary agent when he submitted the manuscript of the book to publishers.<ref name=bissell_tnr>{{cite magazine |last1=Bissell |first1=Tom |title=You Are Now Entering the Demented Kingdom of William T. Vollmann |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/118748/william-t-vollmanns-dangerously-uncorrupted-literary-mind |access-date=10 January 2021 |magazine=The New Republic |publisher=The New Republic |date=23 July 2014}}</ref> Vollman has said he used a "'writing by-the-yard' approach" to the novel and that it could have been "ten thousand pages longer".<ref>{{cite journal |last1=McCaffery |first1=Larry |date=Summer 1993 |title=A Conversation with William T Vollmann By Larry McCaffery |url=https://www.dalkeyarchive.com/2013/08/02/a-conversation-with-william-t-vollmann-by-larry-mccaffery/ |journal=The Review of Contemporary Fiction |volume=13 |issue=2 |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>
==Reception==
===Critical reception===
The novel received positive reviews from the ''[[New York Times]]'', ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'', and elsewhere when published.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pool |first1=Gail |title='You Bright and Risen Angels' (Published 1987) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/06/21/books/you-bright-and-risen-angels.html |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=21 June 1987}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Fiction Book Review: You Bright and Risen Angels: A Cartoon by William T. Vollmann, Author Atheneum Books $22.95 (635p) ISBN 978-0-689-11852-4 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-689-11852-4 |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=PublishersWeekly.com |publisher=Publishers Weekly |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Kirkus Reviews]]'' published a less positive review, comparing the book unfavorably to the work of [[Thomas Pynchon]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/william-t-vollmann-4/you-bright-and-risen-angels/ |access-date=10 January 2021 |work=Kirkus Reviews |publisher=Kirkus Reviews |date=27 May 1987 |language=en}}</ref>
===Honors===
''You Bright and Risen Angels'' won the 1988 [[Whiting Writers' Award]].<ref>{{cite web |title=William T. Vollmann |url=https://www.whiting.org/awards/winners/william-t-vollmann#/ |website=www.whiting.org |publisher=Whiting Foundation |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref>
==References==
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