2 B R 0 2 B - Couverture souple

Vonnegut Jr., Kurt

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1434458792 ISBN 13 : 9781434458797

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2009

Synopsis

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-2007) was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973). He was also known for his humanist beliefs and being honorary president of the American Humanist Association.

His short work, "2 B R 0 2 B," is a genre science fiction tale originally published in the magazine "Worlds of If" in 1962.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He studied at the universities of Chicago and Tennessee and later began to write short stories for magazines. His first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1951 and since then he has written many novels, among them: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle (1963), God Bless You Mr Rosewater (1964), Welcome to the Monkey House; a collection of short stories (1968), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Slapstick, or Lonesome No More (1976), Jailbird (1979), Deadeye Dick (1982), Galapagos (1985), Bluebeard (1988) and Hocus Pocus (1990). During the Second World War he was held prisoner in Germany and was present at the bombing of Dresden, an experience which provided the setting for his most famous work to date, Slaughterhouse Five (1969). He has also published a volume of autobiography entitled Palm Sunday (1981) and a collection of essays and speeches, Fates Worse Than Death (1991).

His short work, "2 B R 0 2 B," is a genre science fiction tale originally published in the magazine "Worlds of If" in 1962.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1434458792
• ISBN 13: 9781434458797
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 24
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