An edition of A man without a country (2005)

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An edition of A man without a country (2005)

A man without a country

1st ed.
  • 4.2 (13 ratings) ·
  • 45 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 18 Have read

In a collection of brief autobiographical essays, the renowned novelist offers his views on art, politics, and everyday life in America. A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny and razor-sharp look at life "If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers."), and the condition of the soul of America today ("What has happened to us?"). Gleaned from short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author in full color throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.

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Language
English
Pages
146

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York
Genre
Biography.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54, B
Library of Congress
PS3572.O5 Z473 2005, PS3572.O5Z473 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
146

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL3400638M
ISBN 10
158322713X
ISBN 13
9781583227138
LCCN
2005014967
OCLC/WorldCat
60515164
LibraryThing
816617
Goodreads
683320

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL98468W

Work Description

In questi dodici interventi (originariamente pubblicati sulla rivista radicale In These Times, poi snobbati dalla grande editoria americana e raccolti in volume da una coraggiosa casa editrice indipendente che negli Stati Uniti ne ha fatto un bestseller da 350.000 copie), Kurt Vonnegut ci offre il suo punto di vista sull'America e sul mondo di oggi. Traendo ispirazione di volta in volta da Mark Twain, Gesù Cristo, Abraham Lincoln e i socialisti di inizio Novecento, critica ferocemente il neoimperialismo e il capitalismo malato delle multinazionali, ma lo fa con uno stile frizzante e discorsivo che apre a continue digressioni: dalle dichiarazioni d'amore per il blues alle geniali riletture naif di Kafka e Shakespeare, dai ricordi del bombardamento di Dresda a quelli dello spinello fumato coi Grateful Dead, il tutto accompagnato da illustrazioni realizzate dall'autore stesso.

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