SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE OR THE CHILDREN'S CRUSADE A Duty-dance with Death KURT VONNEGUT, JR. [NAL Release #21] [– OCR errors removed – v1] A fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod [and smoking too much], who, as an American infantry scout hors de combat, as a prisoner of war,File Size: KB. The story really begins around after Billy Pilgrim has survived the war and a nervous breakdown and has settled down in Ilium, New York as an optometrist. Almost immediately, however, Billy begins to time travel back to the past, especially to the war years around , and into the future. Because of his time warps, he is even able to see. Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death () is a science fiction-infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut about the World War II experiences and journeys through time of Billy Pilgrim, from his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant, to /5(K).
Kurt Vonnegut quote painting on 10 by 10" wood panel, humanist quote art, Kurt Vonnegut wall art, humanism quote, atheist, agnostic, be good. FolkArtforLoners. $ FREE shipping. Add to Favorites. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut. Delta Edition Paperback 4th Printing In Good Collectible Condition*. "So It Goes". BubosBeatBoutique. Slaughterhouse-Five (Modern Library Best Novels) by Vonnegut, Kurt and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru In his latter years, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was a powerful spokesman against the use of nuclear weapons and on protecting the biosphere. In , Vonnegut died from falling down the stairs of his own home (Allen). Summary. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. published his antiwar novel Slaughterhouse-Five in The story is based on the author's own accounts in.
Captured by Germans after World War II's Battle of the Bulge, soldier Kurt Vonnegut and other prisoners were taken to Dresden, Germany, where they were confined in a cement enclosure used for butchering livestock and called "Slaughterhouse-Five." Several weeks later, American and British planes firebombed Dresden, killing , civilians and leveling the city. Although its author termed the work a “failure,” readers did not agree, as Slaughterhouse Five became a best seller and pushed Vonnegut into the national spotlight for the first time. His experiences always seemed to help shape what Vonnegut wrote. Especially important was his life growing up in Indianapolis. Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.
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