Galapagos: A Novel
Kurt Vonnegut
Galapagos: A Novel
Kurt Vonnegut
A madcap genealogical adventure … Vonnegut is a postmodern Mark Twain. -The New York Times Book Review
Galapagos takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galapagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this inimitable novel, America’ s master satirist looks at our world and shows us all that is sadly, madly awry-and all that is worth saving.
Praise for Galapagos
The best Vonnegut novel yet! -John Irving
Beautiful … provocative, arresting reading. -USA Today
A satire in the classic tradition … a dark vision, a heartfelt warning. -The Detroit Free Press
Interesting, engaging, sad and yet very funny … Vonnegut is still in top form. If he has no prescription for alleviating the pain of the human condition, at least he is a first-rate diagnostician. -Susan Isaacs, Newsday
Dark … original and funny. -People
A triumph of style, originality and warped yet consistent logic … a condensation, an evolution of Vonnegut’s entire career, including all the issues and questions he has pursued relentlessly for four decades. -The Philadelphia Inquirer
Wild details, wry humor, outrageous characters … Galapagos is a comic lament, a sadly ironic vison. -St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A work of high comedy, sadness and imagination. -The Denver Post
Wacky wit and irreverent imagination … and the full range of technical innovations have made [Vonnegut] America’s preeminent experimental novelist. -The Minneapolis Star and Tribune
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