Specifications
| Publisher | Vintage Classics |
| ISBN 13 | 9780099800200 |
| ISBN 10 | 99800209 |
| Author | Kurt Vonnegut |
| Language | English |
| Book Subtitle | The Children'S Crusade - A Duty-Dance With Death |
| Book Description | Read Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist New York Times Book ReviewBilly Pilgrim hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves. George Saunders |
| Editorial Review | "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) |
| About the Author | Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During WWII, he served in Europe and, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired Slaughterhouse- Five. He is the author of thirteen other novels, three collections of stories and five non-fiction books. He died in 2007. |
| Format | Paperback |
| Language | English |
| Edition Number | New Edition |
| Publication Date | 33318 |
| Number of Pages | 192 |
Slaughterhouse 5 Paperback English by Kurt Vonnegut - 33318
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