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Tugthuskandidat
Tugthuskandidat er beretningen om Walter F. Starbuck, en mand som har deltaget i dette århundredes amerikanske drømme og mareridt uden nogen egentlig har lagt mærke til ham. Han bliver født på et tidspunkt, hvor man griber til våben mod amerikanske arbejdere, der vover at strejke. Han er ung, da Sacco og Vanzetti bliver henrettet.Han er amerikansk soldat i Tyskland under Anden Verdenskrig og gifter sig med en kvinde, som han træffer ved processen i Nürnberg.Han afgiver vidneudsagn til et kongresmedlem, Nixon, 1949.Dette vidneudsagn skaffer ham 1970 et ubemærket job i samme Nixons Hvide Hus.Dette job sender ham i fængsel som medskyldig i den politiske skandale som går under fællesbetegnelsen Watergate.I fængslet bliver han ven med Clyde Carter, som er barnebarn til en fætter af en ny præsident, og Robert Fender, en landsforræder, dømt på livstid, som skriver science-fiction fortællinger under pseudonymet Kilgore Trout.Uden for fængslet venter den eventyrlige storfinans med en ny karriere. Tugthuskandidat er en ægte en sort farce om en lille, stilfærdig amerikaner, som ved tilfældighedernes ofte grumme spil kommer til at deltage i den store jordiske komedie om os mennesker.Kurt Vonnegut er bedst kendt i Danmark for bogen Slagtehal fem eller Børnekorstoget. Tugthuskandidat er hans mest politiske roman, hans opgør virker større og hans følelse af magtesløshed mindre end i hans tidligere bøger. Han siger selv om sit »Halvdelen af nationen køber mine bøger og gør mig til millionær, men glemmer at jeg prædiker en demokratisk, decentraliseret socialisme.«
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Published October 10, 2016
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About the author
Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
710 books37k followersKurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001-2003.
He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.
After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work.
His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope.
Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973)
He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.
After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing style to his reporting work.
His experiences as an advance scout in the Battle of the Bulge, and in particular his witnessing of the bombing of Dresden, Germany whilst a prisoner of war, would inform much of his work. This event would also form the core of his most famous work, Slaughterhouse-Five, the book which would make him a millionaire. This acerbic 200-page book is what most people mean when they describe a work as "Vonnegutian" in scope.
Vonnegut was a self-proclaimed humanist and socialist (influenced by the style of Indiana's own Eugene V. Debs) and a lifelong supporter of the American Civil Liberties Union.
The novelist is known for works blending satire, black comedy and science fiction, such as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Cat's Cradle (1963), and Breakfast of Champions (1973)
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May 1, 2023
En interessant fortælling om de magtfulde absurditeter ved samfundets normer, værdisætning og retfærdiggørelse.
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