Vonnegut's War : The Making of Slaughterhouse-Five.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farrell, Susan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five,.

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (281 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Fusing vivid biography with popular history and close textual analysis, this book tells the fascinating story of the making of Slaughterhouse-Five - a modern classic - and the writer that created it.

Contents:

Acknowledgements Prologue 1. Indiana, 1922 2. Leaving Indy 3. War 4. Dresden 5. Going Home 6. Trying on Roles—Chicago and Schenectady 7. Becoming a Writer—Cape Cod and Iowa 8. The Strange Case of David Irving 9. Morality of the Bombing 10. Shaping the Story 11. Alien Abduction 12. The Vietnam Era 13. Success at Last 14. Censorship 15. The Novel’s Influence Epilogue: Flowers on Joe Crone’s Grave

ISBN:

1-350-58003-1

1-350-58001-5

1-350-58002-3

OCLC:

1581077670