{"product_id":"kurt-vonnegut-novels-stories-1963-1973-loa-216-cats-cradle-rosewater-slaughterhouse-five-breakfast-of-champions-9781598530988","title":"Kurt Vonnegut: Novels \u0026 Stories 1963-1973 (Loa #216): Cat's Cradle \/ Rosewater \/ Slaughterhouse-Five \/ Breakfast of Champions","description":"Like Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was a Midwestern everyman steeped in the rhythms of American speech whose anger at the way things are was matched only by his love for the best that we can be. His cunningly relaxed delivery was so original, so finely calibrated, and so profound an articulation of the Sixties' spirit that many critics overlooked the moral seriousness behind the standup-comic craftsmanship. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCapturing Vonnegut in pyrotechnic mid-career, this first volume of a projected three-volume edition gathers four of his most acclaimed novels. \u003ci\u003eCat's Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e (1963) is a comedy of the end of the world (it ends with ice). \u003ci\u003eGod Bless You, Mr. Rosewater\u003c\/i\u003e (1965) is the tale of a so-called fool, his money, and the lawyer who contrives to part them (it ends with fire). \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse-Five \u003c\/i\u003e(1969), Vonnegut's breakout book and one of the iconic masterpieces of twentieth-century American literature, is the tale of Billy Pilgrim, who, being unstuck in time, is doomed to continually relive both the firebombing of Dresden and his abduction by space aliens. And, in a text enhanced by the author's spirited line drawings, \u003ci\u003eBreakfast of Champions\u003c\/i\u003e (1973) describes the fateful meeting of \"two lonesome, skinny, fairly old white men,\" one of whom disastrously believes that everyone else is a robot. The volume is rounded out with three brilliant short stories and revealing autobiographical accounts of the bombing of Dresden. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIBRARY OF AMERICA\u003c\/b\u003e is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nation's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, America's best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Library of America\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781598530988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.21w x 1.44d","brand":"Kurt Vonnegut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661323038876,"sku":"9781598530988","price":38.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_4aaef5c2-0e55-41b1-97b1-a6a22d648003.jpg?v=1603899171","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/kurt-vonnegut-novels-stories-1963-1973-loa-216-cats-cradle-rosewater-slaughterhouse-five-breakfast-of-champions-9781598530988","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}