While Mortals Sleep

Zusatztext “Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining.” —The Washington Post “Taut! concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness! proceed at a clip! and shut down with equal speed! [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire.” —Los Angeles Times   “A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut.” —San Francisco Chronicle    “These stories were all good when they were written decades ago! but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut! humanist and humorist! been more relevant.” — The Seattle Times   “There’s something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut’s vision.” — Minneapolis  Star-Tribune Informationen zum Autor Kurt Vonnegut ’s humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in  The Sirens of Titan  in 1959 and established him as “a true artist” ( The New York Times ) with  Cat’s Cradle  in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.   Dave Eggers is the author of six previous books, including Zeitoun, What Is the What, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius . He is the founder and editor of McSweeney’s, an independent publishing house. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two children. Klappentext NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Foreword by Dave EggersThese previously unpublished, beautifully rendered works of fiction are a testament to Kurt Vonnegut's unique blend of observation and imagination. Here are stories of men and machines, art and artifice, and how ideals of fortune, fame, and love take curious twists in ordinary lives. An ambitious builder of roads fritters away his free time with miniature trains-until the women in his life crash his fantasy land. Trapped in a stenography pool, a young dreamer receives a call from a robber on the run, who presents her with a strange proposition. A crusty newspaperman is forced onto a committee to judge Christmas displays-a job that leads him to a suspiciously ostentatious ex-con and then a miracle. Featuring a Foreword by Dave Eggers, While Mortals Sleep is a poignant reflection of our world as it is and as it could be.Includes the following stories: "Jenny" "The Epizootic" "Hundred-Dollar Kisses" "Guardian of the Person" "With His Hand on the Throttle" "Girl Pool" "Ruth" "While Mortals Sleep" "Out, Brief Candle" "Tango" "Bomar" "The Man Without No Kiddleys" "Mr. Z" "$10,000 a Year, Easy" "Money Talks" "The Humbugs" Praise for While Mortals Sleep"Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining."-The Washington Post "Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire."-Los Angeles Times "A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut."-San Francisco Chronicle "These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant."-The Seattle Times "There's something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut's vision."-Minneapolis Star-Tribune JENNY George Castrow used to come back to the home works of the General Household Appliances Company just once a year--to install his equipment in the shell of the new model GHA refrigerator. And every time he got there he dropped a suggestion in the suggestion box. It was always the same suggestion: "Why not make next year's refrigerator in the shape of a woman?" Then there would be a sketch of a refrigerator shaped like a woman, with arrows showing where the vegetable crisper and the butter conditioner and the ice cubes and all...

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Immensely readable and thoroughly entertaining. The Washington Post

Taut, concise . . . The stories set themselves up with neat swiftness, proceed at a clip, and shut down with equal speed, [showing Vonnegut] honing his skills in structure and satire. Los Angeles Times
 
A lovely reminder of the mischievous moral voice we lost when we lost Kurt Vonnegut. San Francisco Chronicle 
 
These stories were all good when they were written decades ago, but many strike me as great now. Never has the voice of Kurt Vonnegut, humanist and humorist, been more relevant. The Seattle Times
 
There s something distinctly timeless about Vonnegut s vision. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Product details

• Authors: Dave Eggers, Kurt Vonnegut
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2012
• EAN: 9780385343749
• ISBN: 978-0-385-34374-9
• No. of pages: 253
• Dimensions: 132 mm x 204 mm x 15 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature