God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
by:
Kurt Vonnegut (author)
Eliot Rosewater—drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation—is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt Vonnegut’s funniest satire, an etched-in-acid...
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Eliot Rosewater—drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation—is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt Vonnegut’s funniest satire, an etched-in-acid portrayal of the greed, hypocrisy, and follies of the flesh we are all heir to.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780385333474 (0385333471)
ASIN: 385333471
Publish date: September 8th 1998
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
To jest właśnie jeden z problemów tego kraju – powiedział senator patrząc na dezodorant – ci specjaliści od reklamy sprawili, że wszyscy bardziej przejmujemy się swoimi pachami niż Rosją, Chinami i Kubą razem wziętymi. Marek Oramus napisał kiedyś, że bohaterem wszystkich książek Vonneguta jest Życ...
There are a number of Vonnegut books that I wish to read again, but this is not one of them. It is not because it is a bad book, or badly written, but that it is somewhat to what I expect from him. I somehow enjoy the irony of how a science-fiction writer casts his main characters as failed science-...
Eliot Rosewater urodził się bogaty. Zapobiegliwość jego przodków, usunęła z jego drogi wszelkie materialne troski. Ich dewizą było: "Zagarniaj więcej, niż ci potrzeba, bo inaczej nie dostaniesz nic". Eliot od dzieciństwa uwielbiał towarzystwo strażaków. Kiedy więc w czasie działań wojennych Drugiej...
Wonderful, concise fable about the separation of the classes, and the differences and similarities between kindness and madness.
Mixed feelings about this one; Rosewater has some great moments, but out of his early novels this is Vonnegut at his most pessimistic about humanity, and that is saying a lot.
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