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。
库尔特.冯内古特是个八十四岁的老头子,应该也是美国称为“垮掉的一代”(指五十年代)的年轻人,比他大三岁的塞林格就比较符合垮掉的特点,不然《麦田守望者》里的霍尔顿不会如此惶惶不可终日地暴走。 冯内古特本来已经封笔了,在1997他写完最后的一本长篇小说《时震》后,结...
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...
評分老嬉皮冯内古特先生在宣布永久“封笔”8年后,又给他的读者们带来一本《没有国家的人》。相比于他的其他著作,这本夹杂着回忆和政论的随笔和感言集恐怕算不上什么正式作品。但要知道,写这些文章的时候,冯内古特已经八十有二了。一般情况下,这应该是一个儿孙绕膝、安享晚...
評分被这本书所吸引是因为书名,以及冯内古特。 大学时基本上都在看美国小说,有段时间连续看了几本畅销小说,让人的触觉麻木,思维固化。而冯内古特的《五号屠场》的出现则是让人眼睛一亮,因为小说风格实在太与众不同了。与普通畅销小说的叙事技巧不同,《五号屠场》将...
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。
评分大腿送的~
评分虎頭蛇尾,發現新聞寫作課的老師居然引用過他的“灰姑娘麯綫”,真是人生何處不相逢瞭
评分When you get out of bed each morning, with the roosters crowing, wouldn’t you like to say. “As long as there is a lower class, I am in it. As long as there is a criminal element, I am of it. As long as there is a soul in prison, I am not free.”
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