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Kurt Vonnegut: Novels & Stories 1963-1973: Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions / Stories (Library of America, No. 216) Hardcover – April 28, 2011

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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.

Capturing Vonnegut in pyrotechnic mid-career, this first volume of a projected three-volume edition gathers four of his most acclaimed novels. Cat's Cradle (1963) is a comedy of the end of the world (it ends with ice). God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) is the tale of a so-called fool, his money, and the lawyer who contrives to part them (it ends with fire). Slaughterhouse-Five (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, Breakfast of Champions (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.

LIBRARY OF AMERICA 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.

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Sidney Offit, editor of The Library of America's four-volume Kurt Vonnegut edition, has written novels, books for young readers, and memoirs including, most recently, Friends, Writers, and Other Countrymen. He was senior editor of Intellectual Digest, book editor of Politics Today, and contributing editor of Baseball Magazine. He wrote the foreword to Look at the Birdie, a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s unpublished short fiction.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Library of America; 1st Edition (April 28, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 848 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1598530984
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1598530988
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.56 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.16 x 1.36 x 8.15 inches

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Kurt Vonnegut was a writer, lecturer and painter. He was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. During WWII, as a prisoner of war in Germany, he witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired Slaughterhouse Five. First published in 1950, he went on to write fourteen novels, four plays, and three short story collections, in addition to countless works of short fiction and nonfiction. He died in 2007.

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Jason Hart

So it goes.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 31, 2022

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There are a few things we should be required to read in our lives as ones living in America. My short list would be Walt Whitman’s Deathbed Edition of Leaves of Grass, Joseph Keller’s Catch-22, Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcolm X, Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience, Thomas Pynchon’s Mason & Dixon, Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian and Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. But this volume also includes Cat’s Cradle, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater and Breakfast of Champions, all of which are wonderful so read those, too! There’s obviously so much more to read, but this review is about this collection of books by Vonnegut. I guess the most favorable thing I could say is that although he’s writing about very serious issues, reading Vonnegut to me is always a vacation from the world. Funny, personal and exhilarating. Iliken it to Black Sabbath’s Paranoid- if that came out today it would be revelation to the here today, gone today music we find . These novels would be the same. What delightful messages from Tralfamadore, where the flying saucers come from. Peace.

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Good book...but could've been better!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 17, 2011

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Ever since I lost my collection of Vonnegut books to water damage some years ago, I've been looking for a nice omnibus edition of his novels. Well, the Library of America (LOA) has now come out with a collection of his work beginning with "Cat's Cradle" and ending with "Breakfast of Champions." In between those two, we also get "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" and his masterpiece "Slaughterhouse Five", along with a few short stories and some assorted minutiae. My problem with this edition is that, while it's nice to have these titles together, I question why the LOA didn't put his first three novels - "Player's Piano", "Sirens of Titan", and "Mother Night," in this collection first and save Slaughterhouse and Breakfast for a later collection (UPDATE: the LOA is planning on releasing a larger second volume of Vonnegut sometime in the near future with his first three novels and even more goodies). I was also hoping for more short stories instead of letters and speeches. Save the letters and speeches for a separate volume that you could devote to his essays (of which he wrote plenty). While this introductory volume from LOA is not a total letdown, it could've been much better!

**UPDATE AS OF 6/20/2011: Having been taken to task in the Comments section for my supposedly "uninformed" comments, I now revise my review. While I still feel the same way as I did in the earlier review, I will say that this is still a book worth buying - especially if you want a nice hardcover collection of Vonnegut's material as opposed to buying the various soft cover editions. The ancillary material at the back of the book really does compliment the stories and the illustrations for "Breakfast of Champions"(done by Vonnegut himself) are reproduced with great clarity. The price (if purchased on Amazon) is great as well. LOA has never skimped on the quality of the material they publish; these books are worth every penny spent on them. While I'm not going to lose any sleep over what this volume does or doesn't contain, I will state that I will be buying more of these volumes of Vonnegut as they are released. If you're a lover of Vonnegut's work and want to see more of his material released by the LOA, support LOA by buying this and any future volumes.

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Better than pictured.

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The copy I received was better than I expected. It was boxed and seemed new. Love it!

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Primarily I buy books for the content, not the quality of binding, but this one by the Library of America offers both great writing and outstanding workmanship. I searched for Cat's Cradle at used and new book stores, had trouble finding it at a reasonable price anywhere, and finally waited for it from the library on my Kindle. After reading it in 2 days, I realized I wanted to own the book, and bought this one from Amazon.

I prefer hardcovers because it's not as easy to read the small print of paperbacks any more, plus I want books to last for several possible future readings. Ordinarily I don't care if the book is used. The online used book stores typically cost $3-4, prepaid. This volume includes 4 novels plus more stories, notes and a chronology. The binding is sturdy, the paper is thin but good quality and acid-free for long life, the cover is made to last, even the dust jacket is thick, glossy paper with a list of other volumes available from Library of America. All that for a little more than the cost of used, and this book will become an heirloom for my grandkids.

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Vonnegut’s greatest hits!

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A fantastic set of stories. A good buy for the Vonnegut lover or a good introduction to any who haven’t ventured down his post war world Avenue.

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William A. Van Gorden

Another generation's Mark Twain.

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A collection of books that everyone should read at least once. Witty is too shallow to give the great books in this collection. Read, laugh, ponder.

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Great books at a great price

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Vonegut is a must read author who served as a scout in WWII and was imprisoned in Dresden during the fire bombing. He represents an America that still believed in the principles of democracy and decency. We need that now more than ever.

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A Master Class How To Make the Mundane What It Really Is.

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A master. What is there to say. Rereading these books reminds me of what a consummate craftsman this genius writer is.

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Great Editions

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The Library of America Hardback edition books are great value: They normally contain a number of stories by the author; sometimes essays; and sometimes autobiographies.
They have quality binding, with acid free paper, and offer work by a number of very important writers. Along with the Everyman's Library Classics Editions - they are my favourite book editions.

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Speedoo

The Genius of Vonnegut

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on May 20, 2013

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If you only ever buy one book of Vonnegut fiction, this has to be it. This is Vonnegut at his peak. For less than the price of four paperbacks, you get in a hard cover Cat's Cradle, God Bless You Mr Rosewater, Slaughterhouse-Five, Breakfast of Champions, two short stories and some excellent appendices and notes. It's 850 pages long, but it is not large or heavy, so don't be put off.

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Ben Weltman

Great collection for any Vonnegut fan!

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Great collection of some of Vonnegut's best work. Really nice hardback edition with solid binding and cover. Vonnegut was a genius and more people should read his fantastic words!

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BM Cawton

Great series

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 23, 2016

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The American Library series is fantastic: beautifully produced books on good paper and with excellent endnotes. Collect your favourite writers in volumes that will outlast you.

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David Nicholson

Vonnegut at his best.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 8, 2016

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A classic collection of Vonnegut's best novels in a beautiful Library of America edition. Great value for money and featuring some of the funniest and saddest writing by a 20th Century master. If you are thinking of trying Vonnegut out, this is a great way to start or if, like me, you just want a handy volume of favourite novels to re-read, look no further.

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