Kurt Vonnegut is among the very few grandmasters of contemporary American letters, without whom the very term "American literature" would mean less than it does. His novels include Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, among so many others. Projects with Seven Stories Press in recent years include God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian and, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands with God, a book about writing. His most recent novel is Timequake (1997). In addition to his writing, Vonnegut is a visual artist of note. His paintings and prints can be seen at www.vonnegut.com. He lives with his wife, photographer Jill Krementz, in New York City.
A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious 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 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.
From Publishers Weekly
In his first book since 1999, it's just like old times as Vonnegut (now 82) makes with the deeply black humor in this collection of articles written over the last five years, many from the alternative magazine In These Times. But the pessimistic wisecracks may be wearing thin; the conversational tone of the pieces is like Garrison Keillor with a savage undercurrent. Still, the schtick works fine most of the time, underscored by hand-lettered aphorisms between chapters. Some essays suffer from authorial self-indulgence, however, like taking a dull story about mailing a manuscript and stretching it to interminable lengths. Vonnegut reserves special bile for the "psychopathic personalities" (i.e., "smart, personable people who have no consciences") in the Bush administration, which he accuses of invading Iraq so America can score more of the oil to which we have become addicted. People, he says, are just "chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power." Of course, that's exactly the sort of misanthropy hardcore Vonnegut fans will lap up—the online versions of these pieces are already described as the most popular Web pages in the history of In These Times. (Sept.)
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Kurt Vonnegut’s master’s thesis in anthropology was rejected by the University of Chicago. “It was rejected because it was so simple and looked like too much fun,” Vonnegut writes. “One must not be too playful.” This excerpt from PALM SUNDAY, is the g...
評分在係圖藉書時,不經意瞥見“馮內古特”這幾個字,眼睛瞬時發亮,這個老頭的書幾年前我就想看瞭,沒想到如今得來如此偶然。而且這本書是他的最後一本書(也許老頭子發猛瞭會再寫一本)-----《沒有國傢的人》,從後往前看可能也不壞。 這是一本看來酣暢淋灕的書,老頭...
評分睡前把剩的半本《沒有國傢的人》看完瞭,停也停不下來,怎麼晚上消化力那麼強呢,大概因為躺床上的專注,外麵淒風苦雨,屋子裏卻暖暖,我帶著一種幸災樂禍+小富即安的滿足感,卻又沒得讀瞭,趕緊訂瞭本《冠軍早餐》。 Mr.馮就是個徹頭徹尾的老憤青啊,這本可以像羅蘭·巴特那樣...
評分 評分在係圖藉書時,不經意瞥見“馮內古特”這幾個字,眼睛瞬時發亮,這個老頭的書幾年前我就想看瞭,沒想到如今得來如此偶然。而且這本書是他的最後一本書(也許老頭子發猛瞭會再寫一本)-----《沒有國傢的人》,從後往前看可能也不壞。 這是一本看來酣暢淋灕的書,老頭...
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“If you want to really hurt your parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. ” hhhh很colloquial阿(寫的簡短好讀,但是我到底什麼時候可以告彆comedian們齣的書阿捶胸
評分"No matter how corrupt, greedy, and heartless our government, our corporations, our media, and our religious and charitable institutions may become, the music will still be wonderful."
評分Extremely banal.
評分老憤青,贊
評分段子手的最高境界
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