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false <![CDATA[Slaughterhouse-Five]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1227252234m/4981.jpg 4981 77 Kurt Vonnegut's absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut's) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden. Don't let the ease of reading fool you! Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters..." Slaughterhouse-Five (taken from the name of the building where the POWs were held) is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch-22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy–and humor. 1683562 book 1969 Slaughterhouse-Five total:110693|5:42881|4:37839|3:20544|2:6099|1:3328| 110693 442929 151837 3759 5 18 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 14:05:41 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 14:32:54 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 17 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 13:17:27 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 14:39:54 -0700 2008 Slaughterhouse-5 has received over the years. Sure, the story is interesting, and it has a fascinating and mostly successful blend of tragedy and comic relief. And yes, I guess the fractured structure and time-travelling element must have been...more...]]> 5 6 false false Wed Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 07:35:08 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 16:53:42 -0800 2008
I have to say that over all I enjoyed it very much. It took me a few chapters to get used to his repetitive nature, and i...more...]]> 2 11 false false Thu Jan 17 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 18 16:51:43 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 21 08:43:31 -0800 2008 Contains spoilers
Slaughterhouse-Five is about a man called Billy Pilgrim who time-travels frequently. He was in the Second World War and, captured, was sent to Dresden to work in a malt syrup factory before the city was bombed. He studied optometry and had a nervous breakdown. He married the d...more...]]> 4 6 false false Mon Aug 20 10:28:45 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 21 07:12:10 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 5 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 23:09:44 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 13 20:17:23 -0700 2008 I was a huge Vonnegut fan in high school, and had been looking forward to reading his magnum opus. However, I was disappointed.
I think the message of this book is valuable, and it would have lost some of it's power being told in any other way. However, I came away with a bad t...more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Nov 21 16:29:39 -0800 2007 Wed Nov 21 16:29:46 -0800 2007
"Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time...He has seen birth and death many times, he says, and pays random visits to all events in between."

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Slaughterhouse-Five is a war novel by Kurt Vonnegut. Vonnegut wrote other classic titles like Jailbird, Bluebeard, Breakfast of Champions, and Slapstick.Slaughterhouse-Five is a story of an optometrist, soldier, zoo animal, father, and husband, named Billy Pilgrim. Billy is abducted by...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4981