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Kurt Vonnegut

    11 novembre 1922 – 11 aprile 2007

    Kurt Vonnegut è stato un romanziere, satirico e artista grafico americano, celebrato per le sue opere che fondono magistralmente satira, commedia nera e fantascienza. Il suo stile distintivo, plasmato dalle sue esperienze di giornalista e dai suoi strazianti incontri bellici, è caratterizzato da una prosa sobria e da acute osservazioni sulla condizione umana. Autoproclamatosi umanista e socialista, le narrazioni di Vonnegut esplorano frequentemente le assurdità della guerra, le complessità delle strutture sociali e la ricerca di significato, il tutto offerto con la sua caratteristica miscela di arguzia profonda e pathos.

    Kurt Vonnegut
    Welcome to the monkey house and Palm Sunday
    Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 (Loa #273): Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake
    Novels & Stories 1963-1973
    Galapagos
    Eden Express
    Madre notte
    • This definitive edition of Kurt Vonnegut's fiction compiles his last three novels: "Bluebeard," "Hocus Pocus," and "Timequake," showcasing his signature satirical style. It explores themes of artistic integrity, societal issues, and personal reflections, concluding with a selection of related nonfiction pieces. A fitting farewell from a literary master.

      Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 (Loa #273): Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake
    • From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. It resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice.

      Welcome to the monkey house and Palm Sunday
    • Kurt Vonnegut: Letters

      • 464pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      This collection of Vonnegut's letters is the autobiography he never wrote - from the letter he posted home upon being freed from a German POW camp, to notes of advice to his children: `Don't let anybody tell you that smoking and boozing are bad for you.

      Kurt Vonnegut: Letters
    • Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table,” noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut’s process as the author struggles—false start after false start—to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories. The result is the rare chance to watch a great writer hone his craft in real time. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?” “Welcome to the Monkey House” “Long Walk to Forever” “The Foster Portfolio” “Miss Temptation” “All the King’s Horses” “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog” “New Dictionary” “Next Door” “More Stately Mansions” “The Hyannis Port Story” “D.P.” “Report on the Barnhouse Effect” “The Euphio Question” “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son” “Deer in the Works” “The Lie” “Unready to Wear” “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” “The Manned Missiles” “Epicac” “Adam” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

      Welcome to the Monkey House
    • When Winston Niles Rumfoord flies his spacecraft into a chrono-synclastic infundibulum he is converted into pure energy and materialises when his waveforms intercept a planet. Winston now knows everything that has ever been and that will be.

      The sirens of Titan