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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看这本书的时候,不厚道地想到了《寻欢作乐》里面毛姆的话,因为他活得足够老,所以终于登上了当今无人能及的文学宝座。 对于冯内古特来说,正是由于他活得足够久,他的前缀名由科幻小说家变成了黑色幽默小说家,随后是美国著名后现代小说家,然后这本书的后勒口说他是美国现代...
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评分跑题与A Man Without A Country - 库尔特·冯内古特(Kurt Vonnegut) 2007-05-08 23:21:14 文学城&douban: ghostnotediana = MITBBS: Ophilia 邝蓝岚 版权所有,不得转载 Kurt Vonnegut 今年四月初过世。我这篇算不上是书评的书评,赶在他走之前写了出来,权当送行吧。 ...
评分被这本书所吸引是因为书名,以及冯内古特。 大学时基本上都在看美国小说,有段时间连续看了几本畅销小说,让人的触觉麻木,思维固化。而冯内古特的《五号屠场》的出现则是让人眼睛一亮,因为小说风格实在太与众不同了。与普通畅销小说的叙事技巧不同,《五号屠场》将...
评分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...
Very easy to read and yet one of the funniest sarcastic tribute to the 20th century America
评分“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(写的简短好读,但是我到底什么时候可以告别comedian们出的书阿捶胸
评分intelligent and humorous
评分interesting insights and brilliant humor. why didn't i perceive kinda good feeling about kurt's highly skilled language gift when i read its chinese version before? bummer. i like it.
评分vonnegut's stand-up
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