Slapstick or Lonesome No More
by:
Kurt Vonnegut (author)
Manhattan has become the Island of Death. The former President of the United States stands barefoot in a purple toga around a cooking fire in the lobby of the Empire State Building. He is Dr Wilbur Daffodil-II Swain and Slapstick or Lonesome No More! is his story - one of monstrous twins, orgies,...
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Manhattan has become the Island of Death. The former President of the United States stands barefoot in a purple toga around a cooking fire in the lobby of the Empire State Building. He is Dr Wilbur Daffodil-II Swain and Slapstick or Lonesome No More! is his story - one of monstrous twins, orgies, revenge, golf, utopian schemes, and very little tooth brushing. In this post-apocalyptic black comedy - dedicated to Laurel and Hardy - Vonnegut is at his most hilarious, grotesque, and personal.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781407053578 (1407053574)
Publish date: February 23rd 2010
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 176
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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