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Slaughterhouse-Five
By : Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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Book Synopsis :
A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut?s masterpiece, ?a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century? (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of the National Book Award finalist The Yellow Birds?Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time? Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world?s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war. It combines historical fiction, science fiction, autobiography, and satire in an account of the life of Billy Pilgrim, a barber?s son turned draftee turned optometrist turned alien abductee. As Vonnegut had, Billy experiences the destruction of Dresden as a POW. Unlike Vonnegut, he experiences time travel, or coming ?unstuck in
Book Detail :
Author : Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Pages : 231 pages
Publisher : The Dial Press
Language : eng
ISBN-10 : B000SEGHT6
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