A Man Without a Country
A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny 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...
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A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny 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?"). Based on 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.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781583227138 (158322713X)
ASIN: 158322713X
Publish date: September 1st 2005
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Autobiography,
Memoir,
Biography,
Writing,
Essays,
Literature,
American,
Politics
Amusing, highly quotable, at times informative; unfortunately, it made no lasting impression on me.
نموداری که برای طرح داستانی داستان مسخ کافکا میکشد خیلی زیباست:"حالا داستانی هست از کافکا. جوانی هست نسبتا بدقیافه و نچسب. قوم و خویشان بدعنق دارد و شغلهای زیادی که هیچ شانس پیشرفتی در آنها نداشته. حقوقش کفاف نمیدهد دوستدخترش را به سالن رقص ببرد یا رفیقش را به آبجو مهمان کند. یک روز صبح از خواب...
People may find fault with Vonnegut for his know-it-all, been-there-done-that tone in this memoir. People may not even find anything new or insightful in here since every person well-versed with current affairs and the nitty-gritties of international politics has at least a second-hand knowledge of ...
Allow me to quote my dearest Alice: "Curiouser and curiouser!"This is indeed a peculiar little book. It is almost impossible to define, and a struggle to categorize. Some parts of it read like a memoir, as Vonnegut reflects on his childhood, his career and the time period he grew up in. But "A Man W...
Cada vez que más leo a Kurt más lo amo. Esta es como lo más cercano a una memoria de el. Es como un ensayo de lo que piensa acerca de varios temas. Si les gusta como escribe leanlo, si no, mejor ni se acerquen.