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- The Best Dark Comedy BooksReading list
“Slaughterhouse-Five” by Kurt Vonnegut is a darkly comedic novel that is a classic of American literature and one of the world’s great antiwar books. This book is selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time and is a must-read for fans of dark comedy who are enjoy reading the classics.
- The Best Books About Time TravelReading list
Time travel has been a popular topic in books for centuries. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most famous time travel books ever written. The book is set during World War II and follows the story of Billy Pilgrim, a soldier who is captured by the Germans and held in a prison camp. Billy is a…
- Rags MoralesInterview
Not trying to be conspicuous, I hid my charging phone and leafed through what books were available. I found a couple of classics I never got around to reading, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck and Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut; I’m a soft-hearted progressive and they appealed to me. I also picked up My Life on…
- James KaufmanInterview
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, which shows that even in the worst of (human-made) circumstances there can be hope and beauty. Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow, which reflects the potential that we have for co-existing and thriving as a diverse species. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut, which shows that we can see…
- The Best Classic Novels For BeginnersReading list
Vonnegut’s very personal tour-de-force about his experience in the firebombing of Dresden. The book is written in a conversational voice that miraculously communicates the era’s horror, as does the hero’s abduction to an alien world and his extensive time-travel.
- Nicole GallandInterview
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, If On A Winter’s Night A Traveler by Italo Calvino, Anguished English by Richard Lederer, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson, The Collected Plays of Samuel Beckett, The Idiot by Fyodor…
- Helen PhillipsInterview
Somehow I made it through my entire formal education without reading Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. When I finally did read it, it was a revelation—I consider that one of my primary “permission books,” because he so seamlessly unites unlike, and unlikely, elements.
- Daniel RigbyInterview
Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace; Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke; A Confederacy Of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole; The Ask by Sam Lipsyte; The Unequalled Self by Claire Tomalin; Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut.
- Alexis DubusInterview
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. It’s a relatively short book, but the concepts, the vivid language, the optimism and pessimism swirling around inside it are invigorating every time I read it. I also enjoy picking up any David Sedaris book and chuckling at a chapter from time to time. For laughing out loud, I…
- Phil RosenzweigInterview
- Andrew SalgadoInterview
Oh wow. Thats a big question. I mean, so many books have surfaced in my life and work and as sources of inspiration that its really hard to pin it down to just one. I adore Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut and I think it was one of the first times that the omniscient power one has as narrator was so evident. As a…
- Damian DuffyInterview
Kurt Vonnegut—I read Slaughterhouse-Five in high school, and I was not ready. The half-casual narrative voice, being unstuck in time, the unbearable sadness and beautiful slivers of wonder told out of order. And then I realized my mom had a collection of most of his books, so he’s probably one of the few prolific…
- Jeff KreislerInterview
Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut. I used to give this out as gifts, because I’m annoying. It’s just a great fun read. Any story on its own might not stand up as genius, but the collection, the direction and the knowledge of what Vonnegut would come to do later makes the book as a whole not just…
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