Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1950-1962 (Loa #226): Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / StoriesHardcover, 26 April 2012

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1950-1962 (Loa #226): Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories
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Ages: 18
Grade Levels
13
Part of Series
Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition
Part of Series
Library of America
Print Length
864 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Library of America
Date Published
26 Apr 2012
ISBN-10
1598531506
ISBN-13
9781598531503

Description

Before winning international fame with Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut was a master of the drugstore paperback and the popular short story. This authoritative collection of his brilliant early work opens with Player Piano (1952), a Metropolis-like parable of breakneck technological innovation and its effect on those it robs of their livelihoods. The Sirens of Titan (1959), the interplanetary adventures of the world's wealthiest and most despised man, is both a pulp-fiction space opera and a satire on the vanity of human striving. The confessions of a German-American double agent well placed among the Nazi elite, Mother Night (1962) is a cautionary tale with a famous moral: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be." Here too are six of Vonnegut's best short stories, gems that display his matchless talent for hilarious invention and caustic social criticism.

A companion volume, Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973, collects Cat's Cradle; God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-Five; Breakfast of Champions; and three short stories, including "Welcome to the Monkey House."

LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Product Details

Audience:
Ages: 18
Book Format:
Hardcover
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
26 April 2012
Dimensions:
20.57 x 12.95 x 2.79 cm
Educational Level:
Grade Levels: 13
ISBN-10:
1598531506
ISBN-13:
9781598531503
Language:
English
Pages:
864
Publisher:
Library of America
Weight:
539.77 gm

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