Vonnegut, Kurt
Overview
| Works: | 1,611 works in 6,959 publications in 36 languages and 186,766 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Fiction Science fiction Humorous fiction Satire Satirical literature War fiction Short stories Biography Historical fiction Autobiographies |
| Subject Headings: | Novelists, American |
| Roles: | Author, Librettist, Actor, Performer, Interviewee, Illustrator, Narrator, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Contributor, Editor, Creator, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Speaker, Lyricist, Conceptor |
| Classifications: | PS3572.O5, 813.54 |
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Most widely held works about
Kurt Vonnegut
- A man without a country by Kurt Vonnegut( Book )
- Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut( Book )
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. by Stanley Schatt( Book )
- Sanity plea : schizophrenia in the novels of Kurt Vonnegut by Lawrence R Broer( )
- Kurt Vonnegut : a critical companion by Thomas F Marvin( )
- Wampeters, foma & granfalloons (opinions) by Kurt Vonnegut( Book )
- Vonnegut in fact : the public spokesmanship of personal fiction by Jerome Klinkowitz( )
- Fates worse than death : an autobiographical collage of the 1980s by Kurt Vonnegut( Book )
- Kurt Vonnegut's crusade, or, How a postmodern harlequin preached a new kind of humanism by Todd F Davis( )
- And so it goes : Kurt Vonnegut, a life by Charles J Shields( Book )
- Vonnegut and Hemingway : writers at war by Lawrence R Broer( )
- The Vonnegut effect by Jerome Klinkowitz( )
- Kurt Vonnegut's America by Jerome Klinkowitz( )
- Beyond the waste land: a study of the American novel in the nineteen-sixties by Raymond M Olderman( Book )
- Kurt Vonnegut by James Lundquist( Book )
- The Vonnegut statement by Jerome Klinkowitz( Book )
- Vonnegut's major works : notes, including life and background, introd. to the works, discussions ... special topics [and] review questions by Thomas R Holland( )
- Contemporary American literature : 1945-1972 : an introduction by Ihab Hassan( Book )
- City of words: American fiction, 1950-1970 by Tony Tanner( Book )
- Kurt Vonnegut : letters by Kurt Vonnegut( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Kurt Vonnegut
Slaughterhouse-five : or, The children's crusade, a duty-dance with death by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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344 editions published between 1966 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 10,536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Billy Pilgrim returns home from the Second World War only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present
344 editions published between 1966 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 10,536 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Billy Pilgrim returns home from the Second World War only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present
Cat's cradle by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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352 editions published between 1960 and 2017 in 21 languages and held by 7,282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the year 2000, a young man discovers ice-nine, which can set off a chain reaction more deadly than a nuclear bomb, and discovers a new prophet whose teachings sweep the world
352 editions published between 1960 and 2017 in 21 languages and held by 7,282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the year 2000, a young man discovers ice-nine, which can set off a chain reaction more deadly than a nuclear bomb, and discovers a new prophet whose teachings sweep the world
Breakfast of champions, or, Goodbye blue Monday! by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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156 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 5,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Aging science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is murderously funny satire as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth
156 editions published between 1973 and 2011 in 6 languages and held by 5,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Aging science fiction writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is taking his fiction as truth. The result is murderously funny satire as Vonnegut looks at war, sex, racism, success, politics, and pollution in America and reminds us how to see the truth
The sirens of Titan by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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268 editions published between 1959 and 2017 in 19 languages and held by 4,631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Malachi Constant, "the richest man in America," gives up his indulgent lifestyle to follow an urgent calling to probe the depths of space. He participates in a Martian invasion of Earth, mates with the wife of an astronaut adrift on the tides of time, and follows the lure of the "Sirens of Titan."
268 editions published between 1959 and 2017 in 19 languages and held by 4,631 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Malachi Constant, "the richest man in America," gives up his indulgent lifestyle to follow an urgent calling to probe the depths of space. He participates in a Martian invasion of Earth, mates with the wife of an astronaut adrift on the tides of time, and follows the lure of the "Sirens of Titan."
Jailbird : a novel by
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176 editions published between 1979 and 2017 in 24 languages and held by 4,586 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harvard, the New Deal, the Holocaust, World War II, Watergate, two prison terms, and a giant conglomerate ... This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck, who tries to live by the Sermon on the Mount, from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. Shall the meek inherit the earth? Perhaps on a short-term basis
176 editions published between 1979 and 2017 in 24 languages and held by 4,586 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harvard, the New Deal, the Holocaust, World War II, Watergate, two prison terms, and a giant conglomerate ... This wry tale follows bumbling bureaucrat Walter F. Starbuck, who tries to live by the Sermon on the Mount, from Harvard to the Nixon White House to the penitentiary as Watergate's least known co-conspirator. Shall the meek inherit the earth? Perhaps on a short-term basis
Player piano by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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256 editions published between 1952 and 2017 in 19 languages and held by 4,544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vonnegut's first novel, an unforgiving portrait of an automated and totalitarian future, was published in 1952. An engineer, Paul Proteus, leads a human revolt against the machines which control life--a revolt arranged by the machines themselves to prove the futility of such resistance. Visionary and unrelenting, this is felt by some critics to be Vonnegut's best and most original novel
256 editions published between 1952 and 2017 in 19 languages and held by 4,544 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vonnegut's first novel, an unforgiving portrait of an automated and totalitarian future, was published in 1952. An engineer, Paul Proteus, leads a human revolt against the machines which control life--a revolt arranged by the machines themselves to prove the futility of such resistance. Visionary and unrelenting, this is felt by some critics to be Vonnegut's best and most original novel
Galápagos : a novel by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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152 editions published between 1985 and 2015 in 26 languages and held by 4,428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands
152 editions published between 1985 and 2015 in 26 languages and held by 4,428 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Observed by a ghost of the Vietnam War for one million years, the descendants of survivors of a cruise to the Galapagos Archipielago prove Darwin's Theory of Evolution. The ghost of a shipbuilder tells the story of an ill-fated cruise to the Galapagos Islands
Bluebeard by
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121 editions published between 1985 and 2015 in 19 languages and held by 3,899 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, an abstract expressionist artist, who acquired the largest collection of abstract expressionist paintings in private hands
121 editions published between 1985 and 2015 in 19 languages and held by 3,899 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, an abstract expressionist artist, who acquired the largest collection of abstract expressionist paintings in private hands
God bless you, Mr. Rosewater : or, Pearls before swine by
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163 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 3,782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A lawyer schemes to gain control of a large fortune by having the present claimant declared insane
163 editions published between 1965 and 2011 in 5 languages and held by 3,782 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A lawyer schemes to gain control of a large fortune by having the present claimant declared insane
Slapstick, or, Lonesome no more! : a novel by
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140 editions published between 1976 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 3,704 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This hilarious, wickedly irreverent farce presents an apocalyptic vision seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and former President of the United States)
140 editions published between 1976 and 2016 in 12 languages and held by 3,704 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This hilarious, wickedly irreverent farce presents an apocalyptic vision seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and former President of the United States)
Hocus pocus by
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112 editions published between 1990 and 2014 in 21 languages and held by 3,685 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A small, exclusive college in upstate New York is nestled along the frozen shores of Lake Mohiga ... and directly across from a maximum-security prison. The two institutions manage to coexist peacefully, until 10,000 prisoners break out and head directly for the college
112 editions published between 1990 and 2014 in 21 languages and held by 3,685 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A small, exclusive college in upstate New York is nestled along the frozen shores of Lake Mohiga ... and directly across from a maximum-security prison. The two institutions manage to coexist peacefully, until 10,000 prisoners break out and head directly for the college
Deadeye Dick by
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133 editions published between 1982 and 2013 in 19 languages and held by 3,676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young man from a peculiar family background inadvertently shoots a pregnant woman while playing with a rifle. This catastrophe has an irrevocable effect upon his life. Rudy Waltz, a.k.a. Deadeye Dick, tells the story of his life as a middle-aged man expatriate in Haiti. In addition to the other catastrophes of his life, his hometown back in the U.S. is virtually destroyed by a neutron bomb. At the ending of the book, it appears that Rudy, while he may not have fully come to terms with his actions, has at least come to live with them
133 editions published between 1982 and 2013 in 19 languages and held by 3,676 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A young man from a peculiar family background inadvertently shoots a pregnant woman while playing with a rifle. This catastrophe has an irrevocable effect upon his life. Rudy Waltz, a.k.a. Deadeye Dick, tells the story of his life as a middle-aged man expatriate in Haiti. In addition to the other catastrophes of his life, his hometown back in the U.S. is virtually destroyed by a neutron bomb. At the ending of the book, it appears that Rudy, while he may not have fully come to terms with his actions, has at least come to live with them
Mother night by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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264 editions published between 1920 and 2016 in 22 languages and held by 3,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all
264 editions published between 1920 and 2016 in 22 languages and held by 3,621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all
Welcome to the monkey house : a collection of short works by
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67 editions published between 1950 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,705 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tender stories of love, incisive essays on human greed and misery, and imaginative tales of futuristic happenings reveal Vonnegut's versatility and vision
67 editions published between 1950 and 2014 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,705 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tender stories of love, incisive essays on human greed and misery, and imaginative tales of futuristic happenings reveal Vonnegut's versatility and vision
Armageddon in retrospect : and other new and unpublished writings on war and peace by
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29 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Chinese and held by 2,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence
29 editions published between 2008 and 2009 in English and Chinese and held by 2,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twelve previously unpublished writings on war and peace include such pieces as an essay on the destruction of Dresden, a story about the first-meal fantasies of three soldiers, and a meditation on the impossibility of shielding children from the temptations of violence
Bagombo snuff box : uncollected short fiction by
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35 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 2,298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty-three stories early in the writer's career. They range from Thanasphere, on an astronaut who hears the voices of the dead, to Runaways, in which teenage lovers learn you cannot live on love alone
35 editions published between 1999 and 2011 in English and held by 2,298 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Twenty-three stories early in the writer's career. They range from Thanasphere, on an astronaut who hears the voices of the dead, to Runaways, in which teenage lovers learn you cannot live on love alone
Happy birthday, Wanda June : a play by
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60 editions published between 1970 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The basic plot of the book is a man who used to be considered a hero, but after an eight year absence from society, comes back and sees that he is no longer seen as he used to be. In this play Vonnegut expresses his protest of the Vietnam War. Vonnegut does this with the character of Harold Ryan and his family. Harold Ryan symbolizes a Vietnam veteran who comes back to the States after fighting. Just like the Vietnam veterans, Harold is seen as a warmongering brute by his wife. She now is interested in a man who doesn't believe in violence and is an intellectual. --Christopher Pantano at Amazon.com
60 editions published between 1970 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,034 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The basic plot of the book is a man who used to be considered a hero, but after an eight year absence from society, comes back and sees that he is no longer seen as he used to be. In this play Vonnegut expresses his protest of the Vietnam War. Vonnegut does this with the character of Harold Ryan and his family. Harold Ryan symbolizes a Vietnam veteran who comes back to the States after fighting. Just like the Vietnam veterans, Harold is seen as a warmongering brute by his wife. She now is interested in a man who doesn't believe in violence and is an intellectual. --Christopher Pantano at Amazon.com
Look at the birdie : unpublished short fiction by
Kurt Vonnegut(
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23 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in English and held by 1,934 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A volume of fourteen early and previously unpublished short works offers insight into the social satirist's developing literary style and includes pieces that explore such themes as innocence, ironic twists of fate, and morality
23 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in English and held by 1,934 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A volume of fourteen early and previously unpublished short works offers insight into the social satirist's developing literary style and includes pieces that explore such themes as innocence, ironic twists of fate, and morality
Palm Sunday : an autobiographical collage by
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39 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vonnegut was a memorable novelist, but this work is, though memorable, entirely something else; Vonnegut has assembled some powerful and disturbing confessional essays which take the curtain between writer and novelistic material aside. In some pieces like the "Self Interview" published in The Paris Review or the audacious 1972 short story, "The Big Space F***," Vonnegut has produced material as potent and disturbing as any of his novels. There are political speeches and endorsements ("Dear Mr. McCarthy"), blistering self-evaluation ("I Am Embarrassed") and the kind of consideration of contemporaries (the review of "Something Happened") which function as direct testimony. Even when writing in occasional mode, Vonnegut was unable to escape a sense of occasion, and perhaps no modern collection has been as painfully self-exposed as this by a writer who of course was always self-exposed, a writer who made Delmore Schwartz's "wound of consciousness" his true text. Palm Sunday (1981) can best be described as an "occasional book," the kind of potpourri which a successful (or not so successful) novelist would drop in-between books. Usually, though by no means always, a short story collection, the occasional work is meant to keep the writer's name (and work) before the public during a fallow time. The work in it is assembled from magazine publications or journalistic pieces and although regarded as secondary, it has proven in the cases like those of A.J. Liebling or Dorothy Parker to be the exemplary testimony of the writer. This is not the case here
39 editions published between 1981 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,910 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Vonnegut was a memorable novelist, but this work is, though memorable, entirely something else; Vonnegut has assembled some powerful and disturbing confessional essays which take the curtain between writer and novelistic material aside. In some pieces like the "Self Interview" published in The Paris Review or the audacious 1972 short story, "The Big Space F***," Vonnegut has produced material as potent and disturbing as any of his novels. There are political speeches and endorsements ("Dear Mr. McCarthy"), blistering self-evaluation ("I Am Embarrassed") and the kind of consideration of contemporaries (the review of "Something Happened") which function as direct testimony. Even when writing in occasional mode, Vonnegut was unable to escape a sense of occasion, and perhaps no modern collection has been as painfully self-exposed as this by a writer who of course was always self-exposed, a writer who made Delmore Schwartz's "wound of consciousness" his true text. Palm Sunday (1981) can best be described as an "occasional book," the kind of potpourri which a successful (or not so successful) novelist would drop in-between books. Usually, though by no means always, a short story collection, the occasional work is meant to keep the writer's name (and work) before the public during a fallow time. The work in it is assembled from magazine publications or journalistic pieces and although regarded as secondary, it has proven in the cases like those of A.J. Liebling or Dorothy Parker to be the exemplary testimony of the writer. This is not the case here
While mortals sleep : unpublished short fiction by
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31 editions published between 2011 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,825 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of sixteen previously unpublished works includes selections from the iconic writer's early literary career and is complemented by more than a dozen of his original works of art
31 editions published between 2011 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,825 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An anthology of sixteen previously unpublished works includes selections from the iconic writer's early literary career and is complemented by more than a dozen of his original works of art
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Related Identities
- Klinkowitz, Jerome Author Editor
- Barth, John
- Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character)
- Pynchon, Thomas
- Heller, Joseph
- Mailer, Norman
- Hawkes, John 1925-1998
- Broer, Lawrence R. Author
- Kesey, Ken
- Offit, Sidney Author of introduction Editor Creator
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Abstract expressionism American fiction American literature Artists Authors, American Autobiography--Authorship Barth, John Bombardment of Dresden (Germany : 1945) Children and war End of the world Ex-convicts Fiction Galapagos Islands Germany--Dresden Haiti Heller, Joseph Historical fiction Hotelkeepers Indiana Kesey, Ken Mailer, Norman Malamud, Bernard Manners and customs Mental illness Neutron bomb Novelists, American Peace Politics and government Presidents Prisoners Prisoners of war Purdy, James Pynchon, Thomas Satire Science fiction Science fiction, American Science fiction--Authorship Short stories Short stories, American Space and time Trout, Kilgore (Fictitious character) United States Updike, John Vietnam War (1961-1975) Violence Vonnegut, Kurt War War criminals Watergate Affair (1972-1974) World War (1939-1945)
Alternative Names
Curtius Vonnegut
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Kurt Vonnegut American writer
Kurt Vonnegut Amerikaans schrijver
Kurt Vonnegut Amerikansk forfatter
Kurt Vonnegut amerykański pisarz i publicysta
Kurt Vonnegut écrivain américain
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr
Kurt Vonnegut novelista estadounidenso del siglo XX
Kurt Vonnegut scrittore e saggista statunitense
Kurt Vonnegut US-amerikanischer Schriftsteller
Kurt Vonnegut usona verkisto
Kurt Vonnequt
Kurts Vonnegūts
Trout, Kilgore 1922-2007
Vonegat, Kert
Vonegat, Kurt
Voneguts, Kurts, 1922-2007
Vonnegut Jr., Kurt
Vonnegut Júnior, Kurt
Vonnegut Junior Kurt 1922-2007
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Vonnegut, Kurt 1922-2007 jr
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Vonnegut, Kurt Jr. 1922-2007
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Vonneguts, K. (Kurts), 1922-2007
Vonnegūts, Kurts, 1922-2007
Κουρτ Βόνεγκατ Αμερικανός συγγραφέας και δοκιμιογράφος
Воннегат К. 1922-2007
Воннегат, Курт
Воннегут, Курт
Воннегут, Курт 1922-2007
Курт Вонегат
Курт Вонегут
Курт Воннегут американский писатель, сатирик и художник
Курт Воннеґут американський письменник
Курт Вонэгут
Кърт Вонегът
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וונגוט, קורט
וונגוט, קורט, הבן
וונגוט, קורט. רוטבליט, יעקב
קורט וונגוט סופר אמריקאי
كورت فونيجت
کرت وانهقت
کورت وانگات نویسندهٔ آمریکایی سدهٔ بیستم میلادی
কুর্ট ভনেগাট
கர்ட் வானெகெட்
เคิร์ต วอนเนกัต
კურტ ვონეგუტი
보네거트, 커트 1922-2007
보네것, 커트 1922-2007
보네것, 쿠르트 1922-2007
보네구트, 커어트 1922-2007
보니것, 커트 1922-2007
커트 보니것
ヴォネガット, カート
ヴォネガット, カート.ジュニア
ヴォネガット・ジュニア, カート
カート・ヴォネガット
カートヴォネガット
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