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Welcome to the Monkey House

The Special Edition: Stories

Kurt Vonnegut Gregory D. Sumner

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Random House Inc
15 September 2017
""One of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved books, this 1968 collection now appears in a special edition featuring alternate drafts of the title story and an illuminating, accompanying essay by noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory Sumner, which allows the reader to experience Vonnegut's writing process in real time.""

Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut's most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, ""Building the Monkey House- At Kurt Vonnegut's Writing Table,"" noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut's process as he struggles-false start after false start-to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories. The result is the rare chance to watch a great writer hone his craft in real time.

Praise for Kurt Vonnegut

""Kurt Vonnegut is, in my view, the great, urgent passionate American writer of our century.""-George Saunders

""Vonnegut's fiction itches to seize the human truth by its large handles.""-John Updike
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Imprint:   Random House Inc
Country of Publication:   United States
Edition:   Special ed.
Dimensions:   Height: 202mm,  Width: 132mm,  Spine: 23mm
Weight:   340g
ISBN:   9780812993608
ISBN 10:   0812993608
Pages:   416
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

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 in 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.

Reviews for Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition: Stories

Praise for Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut is, in my view, the great, urgent passionate American writer of our century. --George Saunders Vonnegut's fiction itches to seize the human truth by its large handles. --John Updike Praise for Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut is, in my view, the great, urgent passionate American writer of our century. George Saunders Vonnegut s fiction itches to seize the human truth by its large handles. John Updike Praise for Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut is, in my view, the great, urgent passionate American writer of our century. George Saunders Vonnegut s fiction itches to seize the human truth by its large handles. John Updike Praise for Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut is, in my view, the great, urgent passionate American writer of our century. --George Saunders Vonnegut's fiction itches to seize the human truth by its large handles. --John Updike


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