Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997: Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus /

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Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997: Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake: Library of America #273 (The Library of America)

The definitive edition of Kurt Vonnegutâ€™s fiction concludes with three brilliantly satirical novels of the 1980s and â€™90s collected in one volume for the first time.Â Here are the final three novels of theÂ visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) isÂ the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painterÂ who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercialÂ success. now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plotsÂ his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt hisÂ talent. In Hocus Pocus (1990), a freewheeling prison memoirÂ by a Vietnam vet and disgraced academic, Vonnegut brings hisÂ indelible voice to a range of still-burning issuesâ€”free speech,Â racism, environmental calamity, deindustrialization, and globalization. Timequake (1997), the authorâ€™s last completed novel,Â is part science fiction yarn (starring perennial protagonistÂ Kilgore trout), part diary of the mid-1990s (starring theÂ author himself). the result is a perfect fusion of Vonnegutâ€™s twoÂ signature genres, the satirical fantasy and the personal essay, andÂ a literary magicianâ€™s fond farewell to his readers and his craft. Rounded out with a selection of short nonfictionÂ pieces intimately related to these three works, thisÂ volume presents the final word from the artist who theÂ San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing Timequake, called anÂ â€œold warrior who will not accept the dehumanizing ofÂ politics, the blunting of conscience, and the glibness ofÂ the late-twentieth-century Western world.â€

Country	USA
Author	Kurt Vonnegut
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781598534641
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	1598534645
Label	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	754
PublicationDate	2016-01-19
Publisher	Library of America
ReleaseDate	2016-01-19
Studio	Library of America

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997: Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake: Library of America #273 (The Library of America)

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