Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel (Modern Library 100 Best Novels)
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Book Info
Author
Vonnegut, Kurt
Word Count
72,000 words
based on page count
Pages
288 pages
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Edition Publisher
Dial Press Trade Paperback
Edition Publish Date
1999-01-12
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0385333846
ISBN-13: 9780385333849
Description
Unstuck in time, Billy Pilgrim, Vonnegut's shattered survivor of the Dresden bombing, relives his life over and over again under the gaze of aliens; he comes at last to some understanding of the human comedy. The basis of George Roy's great 1972 film and perhaps the signature student's novel in the 1960's embracing protest and the absurdity of war.
The New York Times - Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
I now, I know (as Kurt Vonnegut used to say when people told him that the Germans attacked first). It sounds crazy. It sounds like a fantastic last-ditch effort to make sense of a lunatic universe. But there is so much more to this book. It is very tough and very funny; it is sad and delightful; and it works. But is also very Vonnegut, which mean you'll either love it, or push it back in the science-fiction corner.
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