nicknicknicknick reviewed Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
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4 stars
''So it goes.''
205 pages
English language
Published July 15, 1994 by Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence.
4 stars
(80 reviews)
Slaughterhouse-Five, also known as The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death is a science fiction infused anti-war novel by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in 1969. It follows the life and experiences of Billy Pilgrim, from his early years to his time as an American soldier and chaplain's assistant during World War II, to the post-war years, with Billy occasionally traveling through time. The text centers on Billy's capture by the German Army and his survival of the Allied firebombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war, an experience which Vonnegut himself lived through as an American serviceman. The work has been called an example of "unmatched moral clarity" and "one of the most enduring antiwar novels of all time".
Subjects
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction