Aaron's review
Mother Night
by Kurt Vonnegut
Aaron's review
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut
Aaron's review
rating:
recommended for: Everyone
In a beautiful allegory of human duality, Vonnegut presents us with a character wavering on two worlds: pre-WWII and post-war; good and evil; certainty and ambiguity; past and present; life and death. As an American spy during the war, the main character is now faced with the ambivalence of whether he helped the Allies more than Germany, and if his civic responsibility was anything more than self-serving. Vonnegut delves deep into the psychological repercussions of ethical decisions, and society's recognition (or lack thereof) of an individual's morality.
Gutwrenching and beautiful at the same time, every character is both a hero and villain in his or her own right, and every scene will leave you questioning where you stand in a world of double standards. Worth a read for anyone who feels any bit of sentimentalism toward individual or group ideologies.
Gutwrenching and beautiful at the same time, every character is both a hero and villain in his or her own right, and every scene will leave you questioning where you stand in a world of double standards. Worth a read for anyone who feels any bit of sentimentalism toward individual or group ideologies.
