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Armageddon in Retrospect

Kurt Vonnegut

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English
Vintage
01 July 2009
The first and only collection of unpublished works by Kurt Vonnegut since his death-a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency toward violence.

First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence. Imbued with Vonnegut's trademark rueful humour, the pieces range from a visceral non-fiction recollection of the destruction of Dresden - to a painfully funny short story about three soldiers and their fantasies of the perfect meal.
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 197mm,  Width: 130mm,  Spine: 17mm
Weight:   184g
ISBN:   9780099524083
ISBN 10:   0099524082
Pages:   256
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 - April 11, 2007), was a writer, lecturer and painter. First published in 1950, he went on to write fourteen novels, four plays, and three short story collections, in addition to countless works of short fiction and nonfiction. Mark Vonnegut is a son of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He is a pediatrician and the author of a memoir, The Eden Express.

Reviews for Armageddon in Retrospect

Reads like a madcap Montaigne on acid * Metro * The most entertaining of American writers, almost a new Mark Twain...his words can travel on through time * Daily Mail * The wittiest man since Groucho Marx and the wisest since Karl Marx * The Times * Imbued with the innocence, empathy, and kindness that always seemed central to Vonnegut's sensibility -- Lionel Shriver * Financial Times * (Vonnegut) was a splendid preacher of American populism at its most radical...always funny and sometimes refreshingly vulgar * Independent * The best of these unpublished pieces are as mad, bitter, hilarious and, in their healthy disrespect not only for 'Get Tough America' but for humanity in general, as startlingly timely as the best of his output * Daily Telegraph * You should buy this book * Spectator * Dark, funny and disturbing * London Review of Books *


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