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Zusatztext “A smattering of wit, a splattering of satire, and a plop of colorful commentary. Not to mention Vonnegut’s signature steely irony.” — Providence Sunday Journal “[A] delightful fictional foray in which Vonnegut, courtesy of Dr. Death, toggles back and forth between life and afterlife, meditating on death by way of very short ‘interviews’ with the likes of Newton, Shakespeare, and a penitent Hitler.” — Globe and Mail Informationen zum Autor Kurt Vonnegut; foreword by Neil Gaiman Klappentext From Slapstick's "Turkey Farm" to Slaughterhouse-Five's eternity in a Tralfamadorean zoo cage with Montana Wildhack, the question of the afterlife never left Kurt Vonnegut's mind. In God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian, Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In thirty odd "interviews," Vonnegut trips down "the blue tunnel to the pearly gates" in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio, conducting interviews: with Salvatore Biagini, a retired construction worker who died of a heart attack while rescuing his schnauzer from a pit bull, with John Brown, still smoldering 140 years after his death by hanging, with William Shakespeare, who rubs Vonnegut the wrong way, and with socialist and labor leader Eugene Victor Debs, one of Vonnegut's personal heroes. What began as a series of ninety-second radio interludes for WNYC, New York City's public radio station, evolved into this provocative collection of musings about who and what we live for, and how much it all matters in the end. From the original portrait by his friend Jules Feiffer that graces the cover, to a final entry from Kilgore Trout, God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian remains a joy. Zusammenfassung From Slapstick's "Turkey Farm" to Slaughterhouse-Five's eternity in a Tralfamadorean zoo cage with Montana Wildhack! the question of the afterlife never left Kurt Vonnegut's mind. In God Bless You! Dr. Kevorkian! Vonnegut skips back and forth between life and the Afterlife as if the difference between them were rather slight. In thirty odd "interviews!" Vonnegut trips down "the blue tunnel to the pearly gates" in the guise of a roving reporter for public radio! conducting interviews: with Salvatore Biagini! a retired construction worker who died of a heart attack while rescuing his schnauzer from a pit bull! with John Brown! still smoldering 140 years after his death by hanging! with William Shakespeare! who rubs Vonnegut the wrong way! and with socialist and labor leader Eugene Victor Debs! one of Vonnegut's personal heroes. What began as a series of ninety-second radio interludes for WNYC! New York City's public radio station! evolved into this provocative collection of musings about who and what we live for! and how much it all matters in the end. From the original portrait by his friend Jules Feiffer that graces the cover! to a final entry from Kilgore Trout! God Bless You! Dr. Kevorkian remains a joy. ...
