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Vonnegut.
Although Kurt Vonnegut may not be considered a humor writer, 'Breakfast of Champions' is one of the funniest books I've ever read.
I used to feel that if I say something's wrong, I have to say how it could be made right. But what I learned from Kurt Vonnegut was that I could write stories that say I may not have a solution, but this is wrong - that's good enough.
As Richard Pryor was to Eddie Murphy, that's what Kurt Vonnegut was to me.
I really began to love to read while in high school, and my favorite authors were my heroes: J.D. Salinger, Kurt Vonnegut.
I want the people of New Jersey to jump off a cliff like Kurt Vonnegut so I can show them how to fly. This way, nobody needs to grow any wings, which would be impossible anyway because we're humans and not some kind of bird.
Edith Vonnegut behaved like a guest in her children's lives. To her way of thinking, parenting came under the general heading of household tasks, which, as a wealthy woman, she could pay others to do.
My theory is that Kurt had a lot of residual pain from his childhood. And when you pile that on top of his experience in World War II - he was in Dresden when it was bombed and saw a city annihilated. When you combine those two things, my impression of Kurt Vonnegut at 84 was that he was a very pained and haunted man.
Bernard Vonnegut, named for his paternal grandfather, was born August 29, 1914. He was a serious-looking little boy, even in informal photographs.
In seventh grade, with some vague sense that I wanted to be a writer, I crouched in the junior high school library stacks to see where my novels would eventually be filed. It was right after someone named Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. So I grabbed a Vonnegut book, 'Breakfast of Champions' and immediately fell in love.
10 АНГЛІЙСЬКА КНИЖКИ ПОВ'ЯЗАНІ ІЗ «VONNEGUT»
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Vonnegut та короткі уривки з них для забезпечення контексту його використання в англійська літературі.
A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best. From the Trade Paperback edition.
America, when this novel was published, was in the throes of Nixon, Watergate and the unraveling of our intervention in Vietnam; the nation was beginning to fragment ideologically and geographically, and Vonnegut sought to cram all of this ...
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Slaughterhouse Five Or the Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance ...
Billy Pilgrim survives capture by the Gemans in World War II, the Dresden bombings, and the struggle for financial success only to be kidnapped in a flying saucer and taken to the planet Tralfamadore.
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A Man Without a Country
A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die—God forbid—I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, ‘Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news? ...
Kurt Vonnegut, Daniel Simon, 2011
This is the Vonnegut effect that Jerome Klinkowitz finds unique among postmodern authors. forces in American life that have made Vonnegut's works possible - some would say necessary.
Kurt Vonnegut’s first novel spins the chilling tale of engineer Paul Proteus, who must find a way to live in a world dominated by a supercomputer and run completely by machines.
Of course there’s a catch to the invitation–and a prophetic vision about the purpose of human life that only Vonnegut has the courage to tell. From the Trade Paperback edition.
But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Vonnegut: A Critical Companion
Offers an examination of the works of the American science fiction writer.
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Vonnegut: Letters
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Newsweek/The Daily Beast • The Huffington Post • Kansas City Star • Time Out New York • Kirkus Reviews This extraordinary collection of personal correspondence has all the hallmarks of Kurt ...
Kurt Vonnegut, Dan Wakefield, 2012
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John Malkovich Reads Vonnegut's 'Breakfast of Champions'
Audible has released a John Malkovich-narrated audio book of Kurt Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions. In the meta-fiction novel, Vonnegut's reoccurring sci-fi ... «Flavorwire, Червень 15»
Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle getting TV treatment
Hipsters rejoice! IM Global Television will be adapting Kurt Vonnegut's satirical sci-fi novel Cat's Cradle for the small screen, the studio announced Thursday. «Entertainment Weekly, Квітень 15»
Long-delayed Kurt Vonnegut documentary launches Kickstarter …
From 1982 until his death 25 years later, Kurt Vonnegut cooperated with director Robert Weide on a documentary about his life and work. The film was never ... «Los Angeles Times, Лютий 15»
A celebration of Kurt Vonnegut on the Cape
The village, Kurt Vonnegut once chided in a short story, was “anachronistic, mildly xenophobic.” Despite the new encyclopedias acquired by the local library, ... «Boston Globe, Жовтень 14»
Kurt Vonnegut's Advice For High Schoolers Is Advice For Us All …
In 2006, a class of students at New York's Xavier High School were tasked with writing their favorite authors and inviting them to school. Five students wrote to ... «Huffington Post, Жовтень 14»
Kurt Vonnegut's childhood home for sale
The boyhood home of writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr. is for sale for $899,000, but it's unclear what additional value, if any, the Vonnegut provenance adds to the ... «Journal and Courier, Вересень 14»
Secrets of the Creative Brain
While mental illness clearly runs in the Vonnegut family, so, I found, does creativity. Kurt's father was a gifted architect, and his older brother Bernard was a ... «The Atlantic, Червень 14»
The Wonderfully Wacky Artwork Of Kurt Vonnegut
"The arts are not a way to make a living," Kurt Vonnegut proudly wrote in his memoir, A Man Without A Country. "They are a very human way of making life more ... «Huffington Post, Квітень 14»
To Tell Your Story, Take a Page from Kurt Vonnegut
Harvard's Nieman Foundation for Journalism recently shed a spotlight on Vonnegut's story graphs in its publication Nieman Storyboard (a wonderful resource on ... «blogs.hbr.org, Квітень 14»
Here's What Kurt Vonnegut Can Teach You About Life
Kurt Vonnegut, the beloved science fiction novelist we have to thank for "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle" would have turned 91 today. Aside from his ... «Huffington Post, Листопад 13»
