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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?
Doug That's a very good question; and one Vonnegut confesses to his own publisher, 'Sam Leonard.' He writes at p. 19: "It is so short and jumbled and jangl…moreThat's a very good question; and one Vonnegut confesses to his own publisher, 'Sam Leonard.' He writes at p. 19: "It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again." Rather than an 'anti-war novel', Vonnegut sought to write an 'anti' war-novel. The difference is quite pronounced.(less)
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
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