Slaughterhouse-five : or the children's crusade : a duty-dance with death / story by Kurt Vonnegut ; written by Ryan North ; illustrated by Albert Monteys.
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TextDescription: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cmISBN: 9781684156252; 1684156254Other title: Slaughterhouse-5 | Children's crusade : a duty-dance with deathSubject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Comic books, strips, etc | Free will and determinism -- Comic books, strips, etc | Human-alien encounters -- Comic books, strips, etc | Dresden (Germany) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945 -- Comic books, strips, etcGenre/Form: Graphic novels | Science fiction | Science fiction comics | War comics | Satirical literature | Graphic novel adaptations DDC classification: 741.5 Summary: "The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great anti-war books. An American classic and one of the world's seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!). Listen: Billy Pilgrim has...read Kilgore Trout... opened a successful optometry business... built a loving family... witnessed the firebombing of Dresden... traveled to the planet Tralfamadore... met Kurt Vonnegut... come unstuck in time. Billy Pilgrim's journey is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be fallibly human."--Provided by publisher.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | GRAPHIC/FIC/VON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500057498 |
"The first-ever graphic novel adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great anti-war books. An American classic and one of the world's seminal antiwar books, Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five is faithfully presented in graphic novel form for the first time from Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!). Listen: Billy Pilgrim has...read Kilgore Trout... opened a successful optometry business... built a loving family... witnessed the firebombing of Dresden... traveled to the planet Tralfamadore... met Kurt Vonnegut... come unstuck in time. Billy Pilgrim's journey is at once a farcical look at the horror and tragedy of war where children are placed on the frontlines and die (so it goes), and a moving examination of what it means to be fallibly human."--Provided by publisher.
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