Slaughterhouse-Five: A Novel

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Launched in November, Dell’s Kurt Vonnegut reissue program continues with one of the world’s great anti-war 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 are afraid to know.

Originally published: New York: Delacorte, 1969.;Who, as an American infanry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war, witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, ‘The Florence of the Elbe, ‘ a long time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace..

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Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world’s great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing 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 are afraid to know.

Review

“Very tough and very funny . . . sad and delightful . . . very Vonnegut.” The New York Times

“Splendid . . . a funny book at which you are not permitted to laugh, a sad book without tears.” Life

“Funny, satirical, compelling, outrageous, fanciful, mordant, fecund . . . ‘It’s too good to be science fiction, ‘ [the critics] would say. But Vonnegut doesn’t care, and you won’t care, either, because this is a writer who leaps over genres.” –Los Angeles Times

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Slaughterhouse-Five is one of  the world’s great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing 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 are afraid to know.

Product details

  • Publisher:   Dial Press 
  • Language:   English
  • Paperback:   288 pages
  • ISBN-10:   0385333846
  • ISBN-13:   978-0385333849
  • Item Weight:   0.47 pounds
  • Dimensions:   8.04 x 5.26 x 0.63 inches

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