Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle (2010, Orion Publishing Group, Limited)
192 pages
English language
Published April 19, 2010 by Orion Publishing Group, Limited.
Cat's Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut's satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet's ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat's Cradle is one of the twentieth century's most important works -- and Vonnegut at his very best.
Probably funnier and finally more heartbreaking than any other I can think of. Remember when you weren't a serious person without his books? On a true banana republic island, the revolutionary ruler and a holy hermit keep the balance in a world gone mad. Everyone is thinking about other things, but randomness has finally led to an invention with no application aside from destroying everything.
