Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade: a duty-dance with death
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Published:
New York : Laurel, 1991, 1968.
Format:
Book
Physical Desc:
205 pages ; 21 cm
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From the Publisher: Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes 'unstuck in time' after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. Slaughterhouse-Five is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is also as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it unique poignancy-and humor.
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Language:
English
ISBN:
0385312083, 9780385312080, 0440180295, 9780440180296
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 6, 8 Points
Level 6, 8 Points
Lexile measure:
850
Notes
General Note
A fourth-generation German-American now living in easy circumstances on Cape Cod [and smoking to much], witnessed the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany, "The Florence of the Elbe," along time ago, and survived to tell the tale. This is a novel somewhat in the telegraphic schizophrenic manner of tales of the planet Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace.
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Originally published: New York : Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawerence, 1968.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Vonnegut, K. (19911968). Slaughterhouse-five, or, The children's crusade: a duty-dance with death. New York, Laurel.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. 19911968. Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-dance With Death. New York, Laurel.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt, Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-dance With Death. New York, Laurel, 19911968.
MLA Citation (style guide)Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five, Or, The Children's Crusade: A Duty-dance With Death. New York, Laurel, 19911968.
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