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OverviewAn 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays from novelist Kurt Vonnegut FROM THE ONE-OF-A-KIND IMAGINATION THAT BROUGHT US SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 AND CAT'S CRADLE 'Kurt Vonnegut is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer' Los Angeles Times Book Review An 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays, in Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage. Resonating with his singular voice, this is a self-portrait in writing that showcases why Kurt Vonnegut is as genius an essayist and commentator on American society as he is a novelist. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kurt VonnegutPublisher: Vintage Publishing Imprint: Vintage Classics Dimensions: Width: 12.80cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 20.00cm Weight: 0.250kg ISBN: 9781784877040ISBN 10: 1784877042 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 01 July 2021 Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsA brilliant wacky ideas-monger * Guardian * A cool writer, at once throwaway and passionate and very funny * Financial Times * One of the master alchemists of modern American fiction * Sunday Times * After Vonnegut, everything else seems a bit tame * Spectator * Author InformationKurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. An army intelligence scout during the Second World War, he was captured by the Germans and witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. After the war he worked as a police reporter, an advertising copywriter and a public relations man for General Electric. His first novel Player Piano (1952) achieved underground success. Cat's Cradle (1963) was hailed by Graham Greene as 'one of the best novels of the year by one of the ablest living authors'. His eighth book, Slaughterhouse-Five was published in 1969 and was a literary and commercial success, and was made into a film in 1972. Vonnegut is the author of thirteen other novels, three collections of stories and five non-fiction books. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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