Slaughterhouse-Five - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

Slaughterhouse-Five

By Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

  • Release Date: 2019-06-22
  • Genre: Literary Fiction
4.5 Score: 4.5 (From 218 Ratings)

Description

A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of the National Book Award finalist The Yellow Birds
 
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time, Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world's great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

Reviews

  • A gripping trek through space and time

    5
    By SenseGaming
    You will love Vonnegut’s guttural prose and masterful play with time-travel and science-fiction as a metaphor of the mind-bending, senseless horrors of War.

  • Great book

    5
    By Pdxmuscle
    I thought this would be an anti war book but instead it’s a book about PTSD. Very imaginative and creepy. A man looses his mind as he can’t cope with the horrors of what we are capable of as humans, even in a good war.

  • Simply senile

    2
    By westley2onion
    Dear viewers, Don’t get me wrong, the atrocities of World War II should be talked about and discussed, however, the manner in which the author decides to go about it is through time travel. What I understand the message is from reading this book simply put is that war has no words that can describe it and there are so many faults of humankind presented within war. No matter how eventful someone’s life can become the most prevalent thing that is remembered is war because it is so awful and mesmerizing simultaneously. I understand that is the purpose of the book, but did it really have to lead to nihilist aliens and a wet dream of a famous actor at he time? Personally, I think that the book could have done away with the science fiction and simply had flashbacks within his life because the audience can relate more with Billy that way. Aliens don’t intensify the story and honesty create a cluster***k for no good reason. Although I didn’t enjoy this book there was still a good learning experience: Don’t read it again. Thank you and Sincerely, Anonymous

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