Novels & stories, 1950-1962
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Published
New York, NY : Library of America, 2012.
Edition
Fifth Printing.
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834 pages ; 21 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Valparaiso - Story collections (adult) | SC F VONNEGUT | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Library of America, 2012.
Format
Book
Edition
Fifth Printing.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Before winning international fame with Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut was a master of the drugstore paperback and the popular short story.
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"The Library of America, a nonprofit publisher, is dedicated to preserving America's best and most significant writing in handsome, enduring volumes, featuring authoritative texts."
Description
"This authoritative collection of his brilliant early work opens with Player Piano (1952), a Metropolis-like parable of breakneck technological innovation and its effect on those it robs of their livelihoods. The Sirens of Titan (1959), the interplanetary adventures of the world’s wealthiest and most despised man, is both a pulp-fiction space opera and a satire on the vanity of human striving. The confessions of a German-American double agent well placed among the Nazi elite, Mother Night (1962) is a cautionary tale with a famous moral: "We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.",Here too are six of Vonnegut’s best short stories, gems that display his matchless talent for hilarious invention and caustic social criticism.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vonnegut, K., & Offit, S. (2012). Novels & stories, 1950-1962 (Fifth Printing.). Library of America.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt and Sidney. Offit. 2012. Novels & Stories, 1950-1962. Library of America.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt and Sidney. Offit. Novels & Stories, 1950-1962 Library of America, 2012.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt., and Sidney Offit. Novels & Stories, 1950-1962 Fifth Printing., Library of America, 2012.
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