NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
“[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.”
– Los Angeles Times
“Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.”
–The New York Times Book Review
In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age–or any age–holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America’s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut’s passions.
“For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”
– USA Today
“Filled with [Vonnegut’s] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity.”
– Chicago Tribune
“Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity.”
– The Australian
“Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family’s legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism.”
–Studs Terkel
庫爾特·馮內古特(Kurt Vonnegut, 1922-2007),美國現代文學大師,黑色幽默派的代錶人物,代錶作有《五號屠宰場》、《貓的搖籃》、《冠軍早餐》、《囚鳥》、《時震》等。
跑题与A Man Without A Country - 库尔特·冯内古特(Kurt Vonnegut) 2007-05-08 23:21:14 文学城&douban: ghostnotediana = MITBBS: Ophilia 邝蓝岚 版权所有,不得转载 Kurt Vonnegut 今年四月初过世。我这篇算不上是书评的书评,赶在他走之前写了出来,权当送行吧。 ...
評分勒德主义者(Luddite)又可以翻译成“勒德分子”,近年来成为了一个热门词,指的是仇视一切新奇的发明乃至科技进步的人。在200年前的1811年,工业革命的诞生地英国,失业的纺织工人捣毁了他们视为罪魁祸首的纺织机。他们的领袖据称名叫内德·勒德(Ned Ludd),后来因此而牺牲...
評分Kurt Vonnegut’s master’s thesis in anthropology was rejected by the University of Chicago. “It was rejected because it was so simple and looked like too much fun,” Vonnegut writes. “One must not be too playful.” This excerpt from PALM SUNDAY, is the g...
評分很多人对知识分子也许缺乏好感,这大概是受了影视作品的毒害,在描述中,知识分子总是些孱弱而乏味的中年人模样,或郁郁寡欢,或苦大仇深,看别人的眼神总像是人家欠着他几千块没还,偶尔讲一个笑话,也冷得使人连打寒颤。这样的知识分子,说实话,真不怎么可爱。如果去除学识...
評分如果每一個人都能做真實自己,敢於錶達自我,這個世界就沒有現在那麼糟糕吧。
评分聽老爺爺講講他對這個星球對自己的看法,就像他的小叔叔說的那樣:“如果此刻不美妙,我實在想不齣還有什麼是美妙的。”
评分a former comedian turned grumpy because of Bush and our environmental policy? It probably better start from his novels instead of essays, which contain a lot of altitude and clever wording but not much of insights. Must be a lively character in person tho
评分大腿送的~
评分聽老爺爺講講他對這個星球對自己的看法,就像他的小叔叔說的那樣:“如果此刻不美妙,我實在想不齣還有什麼是美妙的。”
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