Armageddon in Retrospect - And Other New and Unpublished Writings on War and Peace

Informationen zum Autor Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. An army intelligence scout during the Second World War, he was captured by the Germans and witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five . After the war he worked as a police reporter, an advertising copywriter and a public relations man for General Electric. His first novel Player Piano (1952) achieved underground success. Cat's Cradle (1963) was hailed by Graham Greene as 'one of the best novels of the year by one of the ablest living authors'. His eighth book, Slaughterhouse-Five was published in 1969 and was a literary and commercial success, and was made into a film in 1972. Vonnegut is the author of thirteen other novels, three collections of stories and five non-fiction books. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007. Klappentext First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence. Zusammenfassung First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence.

Product details

• Authors: Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut Kurt
• Publisher: Vintage UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 07.05.2009
• EAN: 9780099524083
• ISBN: 978-0-09-952408-3
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Series: Vintage Classics; Vintage Classics
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Narrative literature > Historical novels and narratives; FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Prose: non-fiction, Short Stories, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / American / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches, Second World War, Literary essays, Speeches