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Cover Page: i Title Page Page: v Copyright Page: vi Contents Page: vii Illustrations Page: viii 1. As a kid I was the youngest Page: 1 2. Do you know what a twerp is? Page: 7 3. Here is a lesson in creative writing Page: 23 4. I’m going to tell you some news Page: 39 5. Okay, now let’s have some fun Page: 47 6. I have been called a Luddite Page: 55 7. I turned eighty-two on November 11 Page: 65 8. Do you know what a humanist is? Page: 79 9. Do unto others Page: 95 10. A sappy woman from Ypsilanti Page: 105 11. Now then, I have some good news Page: 115 12. I used to be the owner and manager of an automobile dealership Page: 125 Requiem Page: 137 Author’s Note Page: 141 Other Titles Page: iv About the Author Page: 146
Description:NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person.”–USA Today In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age–or any age–holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America’s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut’s passions. Praise for A Man Without a Country “[This] may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir.”–Los Angeles Times “Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, [Kurt Vonnegut’s] crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . [Reading A Man Without a Country is] like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend.”–The New York Times Book Review “Filled with [Vonnegut’s] usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity.”–Chicago Tribune “Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again [Vonnegut] captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity.”–The Australian “Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family’s legacy and his obstinate, unfashionable humanism.”–Studs Terkel
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