A Man Without a Country

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Kurt Vonnegut is among the very few grandmasters of contemporary American letters, without whom the very term "American literature" would mean less than it does. His novels include Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, among so many others. Projects with Seven Stories Press in recent years include God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian and, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands with God, a book about writing. His most recent novel is Timequake (1997). In addition to his writing, Vonnegut is a visual artist of note. His paintings and prints can be seen at www.vonnegut.com. He lives with his wife, photographer Jill Krementz, in New York City.

出版者:Seven Stories Press
作者:Kurt Vonnegut
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页数:160
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出版时间:15 September, 2005
价格:$23.95
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9781583227138
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A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, 'Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'"), and the condition of the soul of America today ("What has happened to us?"). Gleaned from short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.

From Publishers Weekly

In his first book since 1999, it's just like old times as Vonnegut (now 82) makes with the deeply black humor in this collection of articles written over the last five years, many from the alternative magazine In These Times. But the pessimistic wisecracks may be wearing thin; the conversational tone of the pieces is like Garrison Keillor with a savage undercurrent. Still, the schtick works fine most of the time, underscored by hand-lettered aphorisms between chapters. Some essays suffer from authorial self-indulgence, however, like taking a dull story about mailing a manuscript and stretching it to interminable lengths. Vonnegut reserves special bile for the "psychopathic personalities" (i.e., "smart, personable people who have no consciences") in the Bush administration, which he accuses of invading Iraq so America can score more of the oil to which we have become addicted. People, he says, are just "chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power." Of course, that's exactly the sort of misanthropy hardcore Vonnegut fans will lap up—the online versions of these pieces are already described as the most popular Web pages in the history of In These Times. (Sept.)

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Vonnegut和桑塔格一样, 也对布什等充满了蔑视并且不吝抨击美帝国的霸道和强权。写这些文章时他已经八十多岁力道衰微了。朗读者为Norman Dietz,苍老的声音,挺搭凋。此人朗读的马克吐温作品该是值得去找来听听。

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interesting insights and brilliant humor. why didn't i perceive kinda good feeling about kurt's highly skilled language gift when i read its chinese version before? bummer. i like it.

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Vonnegut老爷子的最后一部作品。五星致敬老爷子。82岁时的他依旧保持着辛辣、愤怒,带者黑色幽默,嬉笑怒骂。这本中一些批判内容也贯穿在前几本作品里,所以会略感到有点重复,但同时也让我感觉到老爷子“只要我还剩一口气,我就不会停止骂”的力量和精神以及提醒后生们保持警醒的用心。老爷子的妙语依旧让我爆笑好多次。笑着笑着,看到后面又被老爷子的话语触动到含泪, 又感动,又悲伤。还好,老爷子已辞世,不用看到13年后不但没长进反而更加一泡污的世界,以及川普。R.I.P. 【请允许我死后和您一起喝一杯呀

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vonnegut's stand-up

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intelligent and humorous

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