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A Man Without a Country
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”–USA Today
In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age–or any age–holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America’s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut’s passions.
Praise for A Man Without a Country
“[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.”–Los Angeles Times
“Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.”–The New York Times Book Review
“Filled with [Vonnegut’s] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity.”–Chicago Tribune
“Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity.”–The Australian
“Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family’s legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism.”–Studs Terkel
In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age–or any age–holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America’s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut’s passions.
Praise for A Man Without a Country
“[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.”–Los Angeles Times
“Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.”–The New York Times Book Review
“Filled with [Vonnegut’s] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity.”–Chicago Tribune
“Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity.”–The Australian
“Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family’s legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism.”–Studs Terkel
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Mason
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“Great book of thoughts by Vonnegut late into his life. Passages on the writing process, imagination, how people are trying to kill our planet, how our government is useless, and how you should never use a semicolon; a great book to randomly turn to a page.”
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“I guess it’s no surprise that I liked this book. Vonnegut’s scathing dissection of feral wealth and power is both titillating and inspiring. In this book he tackles war, nuclear weapons, the “psychopathic personalities “ in the halls of power, Humanism, Mark Twain, the war with Mexico, his memories of the firebombing of Dresden, and Eugene V. Deb’s and the socialist tradition in America (much more interesting than you might think!).
It struck me, though, that above all else he concentrates on the looming threat of environmental catastrophe and the lights finally going out around the world.
In the end, Vonnegut is pretty pessimistic. I’m less so, but I can certainly see his point. It’s a short book, and I feel like sometimes he skims where his subject matter deserves—demands!—more depth.
This is no Mother Night my friends, nor is it Slaughterhouse Five. But it is what it is, and it’s as pertinent today as it was during the George W. Bush years.”
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“I have teenage boy book taste in a lot of ways — I’ve been hung up on Vonnegut and Salinger for YEARS. A Man Without a Country is affirmation of the validity of these leanings. Vonnegut’s prose ranges from an ethically driven, ironic pollyannaish naïveté to a firmly waggled finger in the face of those he purports are the enemies of life itself.
Worth a read. Snappy and self-aware like all Vonnegut. Also — has this guy ever not been old??”
About Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut’s humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him as “a true artist” (The New York Times) with Cat’s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.
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