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Ironic interpreter on the human condition
By Stas Voras
What do you receive if you mixed sarcasm, dark humor, science fiction, and despair? You get Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., a man who noted about catastrophically awful instants but made them so humorous that he became one of the twentieth century’s leading American authors. Of course, Vonnegut was admitted to write about the tragedy: his mother committed suicide on Mother’s Day while he was home on leave during WWII; he was one of only seven American POW survivors during the firebombing of Dresden; his sister, Alice, died of cancer just days after her husband died in a train accident; and Vonnegut himself attempted suicide on at least one occasion. He managed, however, to blend his gloomy view of the world with a dry, sharp sense of humor that continues to entertain and engage reading audiences today.
The author of at least 19 novels, many of them best-sellers, as well as dozens of short stories, essays and plays, Vonnegut relished the role of a social critic.
In total to being one of the top-selling American authors of the twentieth century, Vonnegut is an skilful graphic artist. He has produced illustrated editions of Slaughterhouse Five and Breakfast of Champions, and he even created an album cover for the progressive rock band Phish.
“I do believe evolution is being controlled by some sort of divine engineer. I can’t help thinking that.. and this engineer knows exactly what he or she is doing and why and where evolution is headed and thats why we’ve got Giraffe’s and Hippopotami and the clap.”- Kurt Vonnegut |
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Great review. The name Vonnegut sounded familiar but I hadn't read any of his work so far. Will check out next time I'm on Amazon.
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