An 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays, in Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage.
1107 Руб.
An 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays, in Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage.
1107 Руб.
An 'autobiographical collage' of speeches, stories and essays, in Palm Sunday, Kurt Vonnegut writes beguilingly about everything from country music to George Bush, his favourite comedians to his mother's midnight mania, and bittersweet tributes to a dead best friend and a dead marriage. Resonating with his singular voice, this is a self-portrait in writing that showcases why Kurt Vonnegut is as genius an essayist and commentator on American society as he is a novelist.
2384 Руб.
A selection of the best sci-fi shorts from an American genius of the genre, collected alongside his most personal essays. A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms from sex in the title story of Welcome to the Monkey House - setting the tone for a collection shot through with Vonnegut's acrid wit, and his bewilderment at the corruption of humanity. From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, Palm Sunday demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he is a novelist. This caustic, funny and poignant collection resonates with Vonnegut's singular voice.
3101 Руб.
Книга для чтения на английском языке.
1138 Руб.
Книга для чтения на английском языке.
1138 Руб.
Read Kurt Vonneguts powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist New York Times Book Review Billy Pilgrim - hapless barbers assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier - has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out? Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves. George Saunders
652 Руб.
Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Can a black or white verdict ever be reached in a world thats a gazillion shades of grey?
996 Руб.
Read Kurt Vonneguts powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist New York Times Book Review Billy Pilgrim - hapless barbers assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier - has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out? Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves. George Saunders
652 Руб.
Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W. Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels. Though that was before he agreed to become a spy for US military. Is Howard guilty? Can a black or white verdict ever be reached in a world thats a gazillion shades of grey?
996 Руб.
A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal every which way, a tennage boy plans to overthrow the system. Welcome to the Monkey House gathers together twenty-five of Kurt Vonnegut’s short stories from the 1950s and 1960s. Shot through with Vonnegut’s singular humour, wit and bewilderment at humanity, this is a collection that celebrates a true master of short-form fiction.
1521 Руб.
A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal every which way, a tennage boy plans to overthrow the system. Welcome to the Monkey House gathers together twenty-five of Kurt Vonnegut’s short stories from the 1950s and 1960s. Shot through with Vonnegut’s singular humour, wit and bewilderment at humanity, this is a collection that celebrates a true master of short-form fiction.
1521 Руб.
Роман К. Воннегута «Колыбель для кошки» — одно из самых популярных произведений писателя, вместе с «Бойней номер пять» принесшее автору международную известность. Предлагаем вниманию читателей неадаптированный текст романа с комментариями и словарем.
511 Руб.
Роман К. Воннегута «Колыбель для кошки» — одно из самых популярных произведений писателя, вместе с «Бойней номер пять» принесшее автору международную известность. Предлагаем вниманию читателей неадаптированный текст романа с комментариями и словарем.
511 Руб.
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