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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut
Ethan Hawke
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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. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy - and humor.

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Publisher: HarperCollins Edition: Unabridged
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  • ISBN: 9780060735555
  • File size: 169922 KB
  • Release date: November 11, 2003
  • Duration: 05:54:00

MP3 audiobook

  • ISBN: 9780060735555
  • File size: 170163 KB
  • Release date: November 11, 2003
  • Duration: 05:53:57
  • Number of parts: 6
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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. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy - and humor.

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Fiction Humor (Fiction)
  • Details

    Publisher:
    HarperCollins
    Edition:
    Unabridged

    Awards:

    OverDrive Listen audiobook
    ISBN: 9780060735555
    File size: 169922 KB
    Release date: November 11, 2003
    Duration: 05:54:00

    MP3 audiobook
    ISBN: 9780060735555
    File size: 170163 KB
    Release date: November 11, 2003
    Duration: 05:53:57
    Number of parts: 6

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    OverDrive Listen audiobook
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  • Languages
    English
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