Slaughterhouse 5

nRead Kurt Vonneguts powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. n n An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist New York Times Book Review n nBilly Pilgrim hapless barbers assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out? n nTravel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. n n The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves. George Saunders

Autor: Vonnegut, Kurt
Editora: Vintage Classics
ISBN: 9780099800200
Ano: 2019
Páginas: 192
Formato: 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.3 cm