The bestselling author of Hocus Pocus offers a rare glimpse into his magic world, as he presents this indignant, outrageous, always witty, and deeply-felt collection of his reviews, essays, and speeches. "Vonnegut at his unnerving best."--Providence Bulletin. Reissue.
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“He is our strongest writer . . . the most stubbornly imaginative.”—John Irving
“A book filled with madness and truth and absurdity and self-revelation . . . [Vonnegut is] a great cosmic comedian and rattler of human skeletons, an idealist disguised as a pessimist.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer.”—Time
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Kurt Vonnegut’s black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as “a true artist” (The New York Times) with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.
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Format:Paperback
The three words relate to lies, general screwups, and artificial families such as fraternities or the army, and are based on Father Kurt's creation Bokonanism from "Cat's Cradle". These essays are a look into the mind of a true original and should not be ignored. Highly recommended from one who has read every Vonnegut novel and essay he could get his hands on!
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I've just finished reading the entire Vonnegut collection - this was the last one, and it was a fitting finish. I feel this collection gives the best insight into KV as a person out of all his autobiographical collages (though this one isn't entirely autobiographical). While his other collections show his history, this one gives you some insight into how he thinks and feels. I especially liked the final piece - an interview from Playboy, he's very bitter and opinionated, yet openly vulnerable in it.
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Although you'd never guess it from the title, Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons is a collection of essays, speeches, and reviews from Kurt Vonnegut - along with one piece of fiction and one interview. Certainly, it isn't on par with his wonderful fiction (or even his marvelous non-fiction book, Fates Worse Than Death), but neither does it pretend to be. This is a book for those who have already read most of what else Kurt Vonnegut has written. The reviews are nothing to write home about, though some of the essays are quite good - but his public speeches, as always, make for excellent reading. There is a handful of them in here. The highlight of the book, though, for any Vonnegut fan is his long interview with Playboy magazine that closes the book. It's an essential read for any KV fan. I reccommend this book to those who love Kurt Vonnegut and his fiction, and know it. If you're not familar with this quite amusing author, you should pick up some of his marvelous fiction first...
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Vonnegut for a Vonnegut reader
This collection is probably most interesting to those who are arleady Vonnegut fans. It doesn't really even pretend to contend with the writer's greater works. Read more
Published on Jun 26 2001 by arye orona
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a look inside
I have been a big fan of Vonnegut since reading Breakfast of Champions. This book, tho one of his most obscure, is an exceptional collections of all sorts of things Vonnegut has... Read more
Published on Mar 12 2001 by Jason Hamm
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Yet Another Great One
Once again Kurt has succeded in pouring out his heart, to readers and msking us fall in love with his books. Read more
Published on Jun 11 2000 by "funky_frrrr"
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a lot of good advice
This book offers my idea of the essential quick-reading; short, quip-loaded, quasi-autobigraphical chapters on the life and mind of Vonnegut. Read more
Published on Sep 22 1999 by Mike Lisman (ml005f@uhura.cc.rochester.edu)
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lots of great vonnegut
I had forgotten how much I liked vonnegut. if you haven't read him in a while, and don't care to read or reread one of his novels, this is the book for you. Read more
Published on July 22 1999 by wes@jhu.edu
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This is one of Vonnegut's best books
I have read most of Vonnegut's books and I rank this near the top. It gives the reader a chance to get Vonnegut's incisive views on a wide range of issues. Read more
Published on Sep 1 1998
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Will the real Kurt Vonnegut please stand up?
So here we have the first of what has become a bit of an obsession for Vonnegut: the autobiographical collage. Read more
Published on July 6 1997
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