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Slaughterhouse-Five : Or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death Paperback - 23 Mar 1972 by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (Author)
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It took Vonnegut more than 20 years to put his Dresden experiences into words. He explained, "there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again." Slaughterhouse Five is a powerful novel incorporating a number of genres. Only those who have fought in wars can say whether it represents the experience well. However, what the novel does do is invite the reader to look at the absurdity of war. Human versus human, hedonist politicians pressing buttons and ordering millions to their deaths all for ideologies many cannot even comprehend. Flicking between the US, 1940's Germany and Tralfamadore, Vonnegut's semi- autobiographical protagonist Billy Pilgrim finds himself very lost. One minute he is being viewed as a specimen in a Tralfamadorian Zoo, the next he is wandering a post-apocalyptic city looking for corpses. Slaughterhouse Five-Or The Children's Crusade A Duty-Dance with Death is a remarkable blend of black humour, irony, the truth and the absurd. The author regards his work a "failure", millions of readers do not. Released the same time bombs were falling on South East Asia, this title caused controversy and awakening. Essential reading for all. So it goes. --Jon Smith
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"Marvellous...the writing is pungent, the antics uproarious, the wit as sharp as a hypodermic needle" (Daily Telegraph)
"A work of keen literary artistry" (Joseph Heller)
"The individuality of Vonnegut's style is a curious yet perfect match for the pain of the emotional content. A humane, human book that always remains a work of art rather than biography, no matter how apparent the author's presence" (Kate Atkinson)
"A laughing prophet of doom" (New York Times)
"Unique" (Doris Lessing)
"A work of keen literary artistry" (Joseph Heller)
"The individuality of Vonnegut's style is a curious yet perfect match for the pain of the emotional content. A humane, human book that always remains a work of art rather than biography, no matter how apparent the author's presence" (Kate Atkinson)
"A laughing prophet of doom" (New York Times)
"Unique" (Doris Lessing)
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- PublisherPanther
- Publication date1972
- ISBN 10 0586033289
- ISBN 13 9780586033289
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages143
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: Good. reprint. Plaintext paperback binding with white, orange and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and yellow and white coloured titles to the back strip. The author who claimed that he did not write science fiction, has a small green inhabitants of a non-terrestrial planet, time travel, and world War 2 all in one novel. The full title page is:- Slaughterhouse-five or The children's crusade ; a duty-dance with death Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. A all fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod [and smoking too much], who, as an American infantry Scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, 'The Florence of the Elbe', a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Teralfamadore, whether flying saucers come from. Peace. A previous owner has covered the book in a clear contact plastic. Heavy tanning and foxing of the text block edges with tanning of the pages and foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 144 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0586033289. ISBN/EAN: 9780586033289. Inventory No: 0290862. Seller Inventory # 0290862
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