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Kurt Vonnegut
50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful…
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Classic Science fiction from one of the world’s most famous authors, soon to be a Tv show from Dan Harmon (Rick & Morty)
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A MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE SHORT STORIES FROM THE INIMITABLE AUTHOR OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, KURT VONNEGUT ‘Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer…a zany…
‘Black satire of the highest polish’ Guardian Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. Can a black or white verdict ever be reached in a…
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In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum…
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‘Although it is set in the near future, Hocus Pocus is the most topical, realistic Vonnegut novel to date, and shows the struggle of an artist a little impatient with…
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…
One of Vonnegut’s most highly praised novels. Filled with humor and unforgettable characters, this apocalyptic story tells of Earth’s ultimate end, and presents a vision of the future that is…
Rudy Waltz hasn’t had it easy. After accidentally committing manslaughter at the age of twelve, the traumas life continued to throw at him seemed almost inconsequential.
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Billy Pilgrim survives capture by the Gemans in World War II, the Dresden bombings, and the struggle for financial success only to be kidnapped in a flying saucer and taken…
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Look at the Birdie evokes a world in which squabbling couples, high school geniuses, misfit office workers, and small-town Lotharios struggle to adapt to changing technology, moral ambiguity, and unprecedented…
In Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother’s midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best…
One of America’s greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilation.
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Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning…
Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding fathers of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to the world. For he is the inventor of Ice-nine, a lethal chemical…
From the author of Slaughterhouse 5. The human survivors of the nature cruise of the century, are quietly evolving into sleek, furry creatures with flippers and small brains. All other…
World War III and the second industrial revolution have come and gone. Now machines and computers perform all routine manufacturing tasks, while the top scientists and technocrats run society. But…
A travelling salesman falls in love a robot, Jenny, a refrigerator with personality. A man plays with his model trains too much until the women in his life decide to…
With the satirical eye of his science fiction author alter ego Kilgore Trout, the author of Slaughterhouse-Five delivers a classic of modern American literature. Eliot Rosewater, President of the fabulously…
VINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS- Bound to be beautiful
A beautiful hardback edition of one of the most funny, moving and brilliant novels of the twentieth century.
'A book to read and…
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Gleaned from short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, Only Kidding delivers Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation…
Using the laid-back, ironic voice that has become his stademark, Vonnegut combines fiction and fact to construct an ingenious, wry morality play’ - Newsweek Vonnegut’s riotous urban fairytale about the…
The title is pronounced 2 B R naught 2 B , referencing the famous phrase to be, or not to be from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. In this…
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Donald E. Morse
Morse argues that Vonnegut deserves acclaim as a pre-eminent post-World War II American story-teller with a sharply critical, satiric vision, who against formidable odds retains his belief in the humanity…
John Tomedi
One of the 20th century’s pre-eminent novelists, Vonnegut satirically explores the wrongs of humanity, most notably in his acclaimed ‘Slaughterhouse Five’ and ‘Cat’s Cradle’. This biographical text provides a perspective…
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Jerome Klinkowitz
In this comprehensive introductory study, originally published in 1982, Jerome Klinkowitz traces Vonnegut’s influences within the American middle class, his early efforts as a short-story writer for magazines in the…
One of the 20th century’s preeminent novelists, Kurt Vonnegut satirically explored the wrongs of humanity, most notably in Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle . Part of the Bloom’s Modern Critical Views…
Peppered with insights, one-liners and missives to the likes of Norman Mailer, Gunter Grass and Bernard Malamud, the author is funny, wise and modest. As he himself said: ‘I am…
Collections of interviews with notable modern writers
Jermoe Klinkowitz
Integrates discussion of the fiction, essays, and lectures with personal exchanges and biographical sketches to map the complex symbiotic relationship between Kurt Vonnegut’s work and the cultural context from which…
Nanette Vonnegut
Those who know Kurt Vonnegut as one of America’s most beloved and influential writers will be surprised and delighted to discover that he was also a gifted graphic artist. This…
A compilation of personal correspondence written over a sixty-year period offers insight into the iconic American author’s literary personality, his experiences as a German POW, his struggles with fame, and…
William Rodney Allen
Presents an analysis of Vonnegut’s fiction as a point of entrance for students and general readers. This title examines the distinctive stylistic, thematic, and formally innovative elements that earned Vonnegut…
Gathers reminiscences - by those who knew him intimately, and from those met him only once - that span Kurt Vonnegut’s entire life. Among the anecdotes in this collection are…
Thomas Marvin
The Literary Contexts section, devoted to examining issues of genre, influences and themes in Vonnegut’s writing, adds to a fuller understanding of the man and his literary works. This exceptionally…
Andrew Hicks
Posthumanism in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut: Matter That Complains So draws on New Materialist, Eco-Critical and Systems Theory methodologies to highlight posthumanist themes in six of Vonnegut's most famous…
Said Mentak
Presents an essential practice of understanding postmodernism fiction by tackling the work of one of the most widely read among the few grandmasters of American letters, Kurt Vonnegut, whose masterpieces…
Marc Leeds,Peter Reed
Contributors discuss literary images and representations in Vonnegut’s writings, and graphic art and representations of his ideas in various media, such as film.
Leonard Mustazza
This volume traces the critical response to his work. Included in this book are reviews and critical essays on Vonnegut’s writings from the roots of his career to the present…
Peter Reed
This volume provides a detailed analysis of Vonnegut’s short fiction and shows that his short stories are an integral part of his overall canon. The short stories do not simply…
During his long career, Kurt Vonnegut won international praise for his novels, plays and essays. In this new anthology of conversations with Vonnegut - which collects interviews from throughout his…
Dan Wakefield
Dan Wakefield’s biography of Kurt Vonnegut: You could say the same for his stories, novels, and memoirs. And for the way he spoke. He said things that other people thought…
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Comic riffs and diatribes on the America of G.W. Bush from the author of Slaughterhouse 5
