
That was the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asked in cities and villages around the globe. The result of Vollmann's fearless inquiry is a view of poverty unlike any previously offered. Poor People struggles to confront poverty in all its hopelessness and...

because i was bad in my last life. because allah has willed it. because the rich do nothing for the poor. because the poor do nothing for themselves. because it is my destiny. These are just some of the answers to the simple yet groundbreaking question William T. Vollmann asks...
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