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Harold Anite asked this question about Slaughterhouse-Five:
Is this book overrated, the War part seems nothing more than recollection, not even fiction. and the rest pure nonsense that has been mistaken for symbolism?
Tane It is how I learned about the Allied senseless and cruel (no military significance) bombing of Dresden. At first I thought it was a fictional backdrop…moreIt is how I learned about the Allied senseless and cruel (no military significance) bombing of Dresden. At first I thought it was a fictional backdrop, but later I found out it was true. So the book taught me about a real situation where the good guys did something wrong and some various ways to think about it from many perspectives.(less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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