Slapstick or Lonesome No More
by:
Kurt Vonnegut (author)
Wilbur and Eliza Swain are so immensely hideous, helpless and vile in their infancy that their wealthy parents send them to live on a nearby asteroid. But the monstrous pair possess a joint intelligence that could outstrip the most advanced computers. By the author of ''Slaughterhouse 5''.Wilbur...
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Wilbur and Eliza Swain are so immensely hideous, helpless and vile in their infancy that their wealthy parents send them to live on a nearby asteroid. But the monstrous pair possess a joint intelligence that could outstrip the most advanced computers. By the author of ''Slaughterhouse 5''.Wilbur Swain and his twin sister, Eliza, are so immensely hideous, helpless and vile in their infancy that their wealthy parents are forced to send the
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099842705 (009984270X)
Publish date: October 17th 1991
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Pages no: 170
Edition language: English
Μια επίκαιρη σάτιρα για το πόσο μονήρης γίνεται η κοινωνική μας ζωή και πως η προκύπτουσα μοναξιά ταλανίζει τις επόμενες γενιές που την αντιμετωπίζουν. Σπάνια κι απολαυστικά αστείο και συνάμα ακανόνιστα λυπηρό, πανηγυρίζει την ιδιωτικότητα ενώ προσπαθεί να την αποφύγει.
This has been one of the best books I've read for a while. Loved the humour and I kind of liked the subject, also, even though it's weird. I also liked the prologue very much. It's really worth reading!
2009 May 10A re-read. This was my first Vonnegut novel and it rocked my world. More than thirty years later, the impact is a little dulled, mostly by other Vonnegut works. In a foreword, he states that this is the closest thing a an autobiography he would ever right. And while I remembered most of t...
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