Screen LibraryBreaking down Vonnegut /
"The goal of Breaking Down Vonnegut is to clarify some essential facts about Kurt Vonnegut's life and to address the themes underlying his imaginary worlds. Those themes, often cloaked in science fiction, historical parallels, and social science conundrums, address the major questions of l...
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Jossey-Bass,
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| Publisher Address: | Hoboken, NJ : |
| Publication Dates: | [2022] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"The goal of Breaking Down Vonnegut is to clarify some essential facts about Kurt Vonnegut's life and to address the themes underlying his imaginary worlds. Those themes, often cloaked in science fiction, historical parallels, and social science conundrums, address the major questions of life: the values by which we choose to live. Breaking Down Vonnegut will feature an overview of Vonnegut's life and a dive of Vonnegut and the war. The book will showcase the multiple genres in Vonnegut's world; a brief thematic tour through Vonnegut's short fiction; exposition of the underlying structure that repeats in every Vonnegut novel; a look into Vonnegut's life after Slaughterhouse Five; and reading Kurt Vonnegut today"-- |
| Carrier Form: | xix, 100 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781119746096 1119746094 |
| Index Number: | PS3572 |
| CLC: | I712.065 |
| Call Number: | I712.065/W592 |
| Contents: | There was always some to talk with, to play with, to learn from -- I look sort of starved -- Player Piano and a trustworthy prophet or sharp-eyed satirist -- "Harrison Bergeron": a twist on David and Goliath for the civil rights era -- Slaughterhouse-Five and a new kind of patriot -- The true measure of a man -- Why study Vonnegut?. |