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Bluebeard

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

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Feb 15, 2016 Oblomov rated it it was amazing

Well this is a different book by Vonnegut, less humorous, less cynical a little more loving.

This book is the fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, second generation Armenian immigrant, war veteran and abstract painter, who appeared as a minor character in Breakfast of Champions. Rabo has lived a long eventful life and has now retired to a comfortable and wealthy life financed by the fortune of his second wife and even larger fortune in the form of one of the greatest collection of abstrac ...more

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Sep 14, 2008 Katie rated it liked it

I admit to avoiding Vonnegut for much of my natural-born life. I had a notion that he was self-important, and lacking emotional depth. This book proved me quite wrong. It is the very touching, hilarious life story of an old man who was once an artist during an important period of art in America. Although his works were shabby, he was very close to many of the most important artists of this particular movement, and he has many revealing, touching anecdotes that he shares sporadically. At the same ...more

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