Armageddon in Retrospect - Hardcover

Vonnegut, Kurt

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ISBN 10: 0224085395 ISBN 13: 9780224085397

Publisher: Jonathan Cape, 2008

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To be published on the first anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new and unpublished writings on war and peace. Imbued with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humour, the pieces range from a visceral nonfiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden during World War II-a piece that is as timely today as it was then-to a painfully funny short story about three privates and their fantasies of the perfect first meal upon returning home from war, to a darker, more poignant story about the impossibility of shielding our children from the temptations of violence. Also included are Vonnegut's last speech as well as an assortment of his artwork, with an introduction by the author's son, Mark Vonnegut. Armageddon in Retrospect says as much about the times in which we live as it does about the genius of the writer.

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Review:

'Some razor-sharp observations about the price of war... moments of brilliance' -- Herald

'[Vonnegut demonstrates his] trademark gift for quasi-ironic detachment in the face of war's insanity' -- The Word

`You should buy the book'
-- Spectator

`funny and disturbing'
-- London Review of Books

Book Description:

The first and only collection of unpublished works by Kurt Vonnegut since his death-a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency toward violence.

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