While Mortals Sleep: Unpublished Short Fiction - Hardcover

Vonnegut, Kurt

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385343736 ISBN 13: 9780385343732

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2011

Synopsis

An anthology of 16 previously unpublished works includes selections from the iconic writer’s early literary career and is complemented by more than one dozen of his original works of art and a foreword by the National Book Critics Circle Award-finalist author of What Is the What.

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Review:

"Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining.""--The Washington Post"
"Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire.""--Los Angeles Times"
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"A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut.""--San Francisco Chronicle "
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"These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant."--"The Seattle Times"
"There's something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut's vision.""--"Minneapolis" Star-Tribune"

Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining. " The Washington Post"
Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire. " Los Angeles Times"
""
A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut. " San Francisco Chronicle"
""
These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant. "The Seattle Times"
There s something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut s vision. " "Minneapolis" Star-Tribune""

Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining. The Washington Post
Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire. Los Angeles Times

A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut. San Francisco Chronicle

These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant. The Seattle Times
There s something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut s vision. Minneapolis Star-Tribune"

"Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining."--The Washington Post

"Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire."--Los Angeles Times

"A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut."--San Francisco Chronicle

"These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant."--The Seattle Times

"There's something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut's vision."--Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Book Description:

A collection of sixteen previously unpublished stories by the twentieth century master.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0385343736
• ISBN 13: 9780385343732
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 253