Contributions

  • Offit, Sidney, editor - Contributor
  • Vonnegut, Kurt - Contributor

Publication

2016 - The Library of America, New York (State)

Language

English

Word Count

188,500 words, Guess

Page Count

754 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC813/.54
  • LCCPS3572.O5 A6 2016

Description

..."The final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) is the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painter who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercial success. Now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plots his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt his talent. In Hocus pocus (1990), a freewheeling prison memoir by a Vietnam vet and disgraced academic, Vonnegut brings his indelible voice to a range of still-burning issues--free speech, racism, environmental calamity, deindustrialization, and globalization. Timequake (1997), the author's last completed novel, is part science fiction yarn (starring perennial protagonist Kilgore Trout), part diary of the mid-1990s (starring the author himself). The result is a perfect fusion of Vonnegut's two signature genres, the satirical fantasy and the personal essay, and a literary magician's fond farewell to his readers and his craft."--Jacket.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • The Library of America -- 273

Reader Reviews

No reviews yet for this book.

Be the first to share your thoughts!