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Slaughterhouse-five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (1999, Paperback, Reissue)
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Author: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Publisher: Delta
Publication Date: 1999-01-01
Language: English
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0385333846
ISBN-13: 9780385333849
Product ID: EPID710218
Description: SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE, a best-seller when it was first published in 1969, brought Kurt Vonnegut to prominence as a major voice in American fiction. Vonnegut was a POW held in Dresden in 1945 when the city was attacked by American bombers a...
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Why Vonnegut is the new Swift, Pope, or Voltaire....Review created: 08/16/07
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5 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Slaughterhouse-Five is in the Top 10 of all-time American novels. It is possibly Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s greatest piece of work - which is saying something, considering all of his other great novels (Cat's Cradle, Timequake, Breakfast of Champions, Mother Night, Sirens of a Titan, and Player Piano/Utopia 14).
The story of Billy Pilgrim - the story of Vonnegut, much like parts of Mother Night, Timequake, Palm Sunday, and other bits and pieces of Vonnegut's works - part fiction/part-autobiography; and this is why we love him. This is why we adore him. This is why he is the king of satire.
I recommend it to every person who ever asks me for a novel to read. Just as a recommend many of Vonnegut's other works; but this is always the first I recommend.
It works on the levels of satire, on humanity, on emotion, on utter dependence upon one's own mind, a weakening mind - as is all of ours in their own way. Vonnegut shows us what life is, from the lowliest of times, to the greatest of times, and teaches us to take it all in with a bit of humility. And we learn to do so - and like it.
The story of Billy Pilgrim - the story of Vonnegut, much like parts of Mother Night, Timequake, Palm Sunday, and other bits and pieces of Vonnegut's works - part fiction/part-autobiography; and this is why we love him. This is why we adore him. This is why he is the king of satire.
I recommend it to every person who ever asks me for a novel to read. Just as a recommend many of Vonnegut's other works; but this is always the first I recommend.
It works on the levels of satire, on humanity, on emotion, on utter dependence upon one's own mind, a weakening mind - as is all of ours in their own way. Vonnegut shows us what life is, from the lowliest of times, to the greatest of times, and teaches us to take it all in with a bit of humility. And we learn to do so - and like it.
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Slaughterhouse Five the Children's Crusade
) 3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
We purchased this book because of it's significance in American literature. Neither my husband nor I had read it.
Vonnegut's writing style makes you want to laugh, but the content makes you want to cry. This should be a staple in every reader's collection. You'll have a hard time putting it down.
Vonnegut's writing style makes you want to laugh, but the content makes you want to cry. This should be a staple in every reader's collection. You'll have a hard time putting it down.
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this is sadReview created: 04/26/09
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) i really wanted this book and am sad to see that it no longer exists. broken hearts forever. everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.
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