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3 days ago · Kurt Vonnegut (/ ˈvɒnəɡət / VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. [1] . His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty-plus years; further works have been published since his death.
6 days ago · There's also a tabloid TV host with the great Vonnegut-via-Southland Tales moniker Wow Platinum (a never-better Aubrey Plaza), whose secret affair with Cesar might be a play for power, ...
5 days ago · September 27, 2024 | Isabel Planton. Teaching and outreach assistant Helen Gunn looks for Vonnegut in his drafts of Slaughterhouse-Five. A walk through the Lilly Library’s stacks is a journey through time and space, a new discovery beckoning, sometimes only by luck. One of my favorite things is getting to explore in directionless abandon.
2 days ago · The Best Opening Lines in Books. 1. “Call me Ishmael.”. — Moby-Dick by Herman Melville. This simple yet iconic line immediately establishes a conversational intimacy. It introduces the narrator in a straightforward manner while hinting at the epics of whaling and adventure to come. The name “Ishmael” resonates with themes of wandering ...
Sep 7, 2024 · Breakfast of Champions Analysis. Breakfast of Champions is notable for its innovative structure and metafictional elements. Vonnegut inserts himself into the novel as both the narrator and...
Sep 24, 2024 · Slaughterhouse-Five, antiwar novel by Kurt Vonnegut, published in 1969. The absurdist, nonlinear work blends science fiction with historical events, notably the Dresden firebombing of World War II. It is considered a modern-day classic.
Sep 11, 2024 · Seven years ago, then-Ph.D. student and Terre Haute native, Zach Perdieu, wrote an essay for “The Daily Vonnegut,” a website devoted to the life and art of the American literary Mike Lunsford ...
