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Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage by Kurt VonnegutPublisher: Berkley ; 12th printing (September 1, 1992)ISBN-10: 0425134067ISBN-13: 9780425134061Paperback 240 pagesDimensions: 6 x 9 inchesFates Worse than Death, subtitled An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s, is a 1991 collection of essays, speeches, and other previously uncollected writings by author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. In the introduction to the book, Vonnegut acknowledges that the book is similar to an earlier book, Palm Sunday. In it he discusses his attempted suicide.Due to the autobiographical nature of the book, Vonnegut provides some details about his upbringing and life, such as his childhood in Indiana. His education at Cornell University, Carnegie Tech, University of Tennessee, and University of Chicago are briefly mentioned as well.Vonnegut also describes life experiences that are found in his novels. For example, Slaughterhouse-Five deals with a firebombing of Dresden, Germany, an event that he was present at during…
Read More CONFETTI #56: "The war was over and there I was . . . "; Limited Edition, Signed Silkscreen Print by Vonnegut, Kurt [Jr.] - 2006
by Vonnegut, Kurt [Jr.]
CONFETTI #56: "The war was over and there I was . . . "; Limited Edition, Signed Silkscreen Print
by Vonnegut, Kurt [Jr.]
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(Lexington, KY: Origami Express), 2006. First edition. One of 79 copies SIGNED and numbered in pencil by Vonnegut. Four-color silkscreen print on white Coventry cotton paper measuring 11 x 15 inches. According to Vonnegut, "Confetti is Origami's response to the in-your-face lack of meaning or message in so much modern art, starting, perhaps, with Mondrian, and of course excluding the strikingly communicative Cubists, but surely including the intellectually and morally blank works by the so-called 'Abstract Expressionists.' Origami says to the latter, with pictures as didactic as this one, 'If you have absolutely nothing to say to anybody, can't you please shut up?'" Fine.
- Bookseller Quill & Brush (US)
- Book Condition Used
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- Publisher Origami Express)
- Place of Publication (Lexington, KY
- Date Published 2006