| Edition |
Seven Stories Press first edition. |
| Description |
ix, 355 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction : storyteller -- Prologue : impossible dreams -- Player piano -- The sirens of titan -- Mother night -- Cat's cradle -- God bless you, Mr. Rosewater -- Slaughterhouse-five -- Breakfast of champions -- Slapstick -- Jailbird -- Deadeye Dick -- Galapagos -- Bluebeard -- Hocus pocus -- Timequake -- Epilogue : a man without a country, a planetary citizen. |
| Summary |
A meditation on the life and work of the iconic literary figure analyzes 15 of his best-known novels to illustrate Vonnegut's engagement with the "American Dream" in its various incarnations as well as his outrage at the ethos of "survival of the fittest" mentalities. |
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Vonnegut, Kurt.
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Vonnegut, Kurt -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Vonnegut, Kurt -- Characters.
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Autobiography in literature.
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Self in literature.
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American Dream in literature.
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America -- In literature.
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| Added Title |
Kurt Vonnegut's life and novels |
| ISBN |
9781609803490 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1609803493 hardcover alkaline paper |
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