Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1976-1985 (LOA #252): Slapstick /

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1976-1985 (LOA #252): Slapstick / Jailbird / Deadeye Dick / Galápagos (Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition)

With the success of Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Kurt Vonnegut cemented his reputation as Americaâ€™s funniest and most original satirist. This third volume of the definitive edition of his fiction collects four novels written in the 1970s and â€™80s, when Vonnegut was at the height of his storytelling powers. Slapstick (1976) takes the form of the post-apocalyptic memoirs of Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, architect of a brilliant scheme to rid mankind of loneliness. Jailbird (1979) is a political fable of our time, the biography of a good man who becomes embroiled in several of the worst political scandals of the American Century. Deadeye Dick (1982) depicts a talentless playwrightâ€™s struggle to atone for the crimes of his youth, and the sins of his country. GalÃ¡pagos (1985), a favorite of the authorâ€™s among his books, tells the story of how and why a million years agoâ€”during the global ecological disaster of 1986â€”humankind embarked on an unlikely evolution. The volume is rounded out with an assortment of Vonnegut rarities: speeches, essays, and commentary from the period that touch upon the themes, incidents, and particulars of the novels.
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9781598533040
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2014-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781598533040

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9781598533040
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2014-05-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781598533040

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1976-1985 (LOA #252): Slapstick / Jailbird / Deadeye Dick / Galápagos (Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition)

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