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Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

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Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, Slaughterhouse-Five is “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time). Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut describ...

First published: 1968 289 pages ISBN: 9780385333849
Category
Science Fiction
Priority
Must-Read
Author works
6
Language
eng
Subjects
American science fictionbombing of DresdenOpen Library staff picksmilitary fictionwar storiesWorld War IIWorld War, 1939-1945literature and the warwarfree will and determinism

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