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Slaughterhouse-five

by Kurt Vonnegut, Ethan Hawke

2003Harpercollins PublishersISBN 9780060799168

About this book

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-haupti 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.

Publication Details

Publisher
Harpercollins Publishers
Published
2003
ISBN
9780060799168
Language
en

Community Reviews

menwithven★★★★★3/22/2026

Weird at times, clearly purposeful, enjoyed the book, connects to timequake, I don’t remember if Kilgore trout is in slaughterhouse five. He might be. there’s a hospital scene is timequake I find similar to Billy pilgrims hospital scene in slaughterhouse five, not a bad thing just a observation. I like how everything makes sense if you read a bunch of his books.

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