Kurt Vonnegut: Welcome To The Monkeyhouse / Palm Sunday, Kartoniert / Broschiert
Welcome To The Monkeyhouse / Palm Sunday
- An Autobiographical Collage
- Publisher:
- Random House UK Ltd, 07/1994
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, B-format paperback
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9780099387817
- Item number:
- 5064777
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 1994
- Weight:
- 463 g
- Format:
- 195 x 128 mm
- Thickness:
- 43 mm
- Release date:
- 21.7.1994
- Series:
- Vintage Classics
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Short description
A selection of the best sci-fi shorts from an American genius of the genre, collected alongside his most personal essays.
Review
"Vonnegut's sharp wit and intellect are tempered but not blunted by his honesty and humanity" Rebecca Romijin-Stamos Independent
Blurb
A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms from sex in the title story of Welcome to the Monkey House - setting the tone for a collection shot through with Vonnegut's acrid wit, and his bewilderment at the corruption of humanity.
From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, Palm Sunday demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist.
This caustic, funny and poignant collection resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice.
Biography
Kurt Vonnegut, geb. 1922 in Indianapolis, studierte zunächst Biochemie. Als Angehöriger der US-Army geriet er in Kriegsgefangenschaft und wurde 1945 Zeuge des Luftangriffs auf Dresden. Seit den 50er Jahren lebte er als freier Schriftsteller in New York und verfasste über hundert Kurzgeschichten und mehrere Romane. Kurt Vonnegut verstarb 2007.
