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Overview"""An anthology in which Vonnegut freely quotes himself on everything from art and architecture to madness and mass murder...Uncompromising.""-Los Angeles Times ""Honest and scarily funny, and it offers a rare insight into an author who has customarily hidden his heart.""-New York Times Here we have a collection of essays and speeches by me, with breezy autobiographical commentary serving as connective tissue and splints and bandages. Here we go again with real life and opinions made to look like one big, preposterous animal not unlike an invention by Dr. Seuss... -Kurt Vonnegut, from Fates Worse Than Death" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kurt VonnegutPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.10cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.60cm Weight: 0.266kg ISBN: 9780425134061ISBN 10: 0425134067 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 01 September 1992 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviewsPraise for Kurt Vonnegut and Fates Worse Than Death “Mr. Vonnegut is perhaps more intimate with the reader than ever.”—The New York Times “An often insightful and always funny self-portrait that may be as much of an autobiography as we will ever get from Vonnegut.”—Playboy “The kindred spirit of Mark Twain harpoons humanity with howling assessments...Vonnegut's genius for satire continues to shine.”—Nashville Banner “Mordantly funny...highly entertaining.”—New York Newsday Praise for Kurt Vonnegut and Fates Worse Than Death Mr. Vonnegut is perhaps more intimate with the reader than ever. -The New York Times An often insightful and always funny self-portrait that may be as much of an autobiography as we will ever get from Vonnegut. -Playboy The kindred spirit of Mark Twain harpoons humanity with howling assessments...Vonnegut's genius for satire continues to shine. -Nashville Banner Mordantly funny...highly entertaining. -New York Newsday Praise for Kurt Vonnegut and Fates Worse Than Death Mr. Vonnegut is perhaps more intimate with the reader than ever. --The New York Times An often insightful and always funny self-portrait that may be as much of an autobiography as we will ever get from Vonnegut. --Playboy The kindred spirit of Mark Twain harpoons humanity with howling assessments...Vonnegut's genius for satire continues to shine. --Nashville Banner Mordantly funny...highly entertaining. --New York Newsday Author Information"Kurt Vonnegutwas a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention inThe Sirens of Titanin 1959 and established him, in the words ofThe New York Times, as ""a true artist"" with the publication ofCat's Cradlein 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, ""one of the best living American writers."" Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |