The writer's crusade : Kurt Vonnegut and the many lives of Slaughterhouse-five / Tom Roston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roston, Tom, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five.

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Vonnegut, Kurt--Appreciation.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Slaughterhouse-five (Vonnegut, Kurt).

Art appreciation.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Abrams Press, 2021.

Summary:

"In The Writer's Crusade, author Tom Roston examines the connection between Vonnegut's life and Slaughterhouse-Five. Did Vonnegut suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? Did Billy Pilgrim? Roston probes Vonnegut's work, his personal history, and discarded drafts of the novel, as well as original interviews with the writer's family, friends, scholars, psychologists, and other novelists including Karl Marlantes, Kevin Powers, and Tim O'Brien. The Writer's Crusade is a literary and biographical journey that asks fundamental questions about trauma, creativity, and the power of storytelling"-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. One Kurt Vonnegut, Nazi Slayer!

ch. Two Slaughterhouse-Five and the PTSD Prism

ch. Three The Road to Dresden

ch. Four Onwards and Upwards

ch. Five Writing Slaughterhouse-Five, or, This Lousy Little Book

ch. Six A Reading of Slaughterhouse-Five, or, Stopping a Glacier

ch. Seven What Really Happened to Vonnegut in World War II, or, the War Parts, Anyway

ch. Eight A History of War Trauma

ch. Nine A PTSD Primer and an Infinite Jester

ch. Ten What's Wrong with Billy?

ch. Eleven Diagnosing Mr. Vonnegut

ch. Twelve Kurt, After the Crusade

ch. Thirteen Slaughterhouse-Five's Place in History (Despite That Whole Timelessness Thing)

ch. Fourteen One Last Joke.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-252) and index.

ISBN:

9781419744891

1419744895

OCLC:

1285131192