A man without a country / Kurt Vonnegut ; edited by Daniel Simon
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Seven Stories Press, ©2005Edition: Seven Stories Press 1st edDescription: ix, 146 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN: 9781583227138; 158322713X; 9781583227701; 1583227709; 9780739466223; 0739466224Subject(s): Vonnegut, Kurt | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009LOC classification: PS3572.O5 | Z473 2005Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Martha's Vineyard High School Library | 921/VONNEGUT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844400078180 |
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As a kid I was the youngest -- Do you know what a twerp is? -- Here is a lesson in creative writing -- I'm going to tell you some news -- Okay, now let's have some fun -- I have been called a Luddite -- I turned eighty-two on November 11 -- Do you know what a humanist is? -- Do unto others -- A sappy woman from Ypsilanti -- Now then, I have some good news -- I used to be the owner and manager of an automobile dealership -- Requiem
In a collection of brief autobiographical essays, the renowned novelist offers his views on art, politics, and everyday life in America. A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life "If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers."), and the condition of the soul of America today ("What has happened to us?"). Gleaned from short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author in full color throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching
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