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Idoneos.com Suscripciones Web 2.0 Homepage Authors, A-Z Vonnegut Jr., Kurt Voltaire Vollmann, William Volkman, Karen Vizenor, Gerald Vidal, Gore Vergil Vassanji, M.J. Vargas Llosa, Mario Vanderhaeghe, Guy ( V ) Homepage literature Authors, A-Z More specific... Vonnegut Jr., Kurt Voltaire Vollmann, William Volkman, Karen ... Van Duyn, Mona Other pages ( Z ) ( Y ) ( W ) ( U ) ... ( A ) Feeds RSS literature index: A B C D ... Z page 1 of 10 Slaughterhouse-Five (or The Children's Crusade: A Duty Dance with Death) by Kurt Vonnegut from Caedmon
Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22 , it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. | |
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