Player Piano

by Vonnegut Kurt

$1,096 · Offered by Biblio

First edition · In dust jacket

London: Macmillan & Co, 1953. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First British edition of the Authours debut novel. Priceclipped jacket with minor chipping to top of spine and small holes to edge of rear flap. Several small holes one the spine of the jacket matching the white dots of the illustration. Closed tear to rear of jacket 1.5cm Jacket is bright and crisp. Offsetting to end papers else fine book. No foxing. The rear flap of the Jacket has a publishers stamp "Macmillans overseas Library. This Library must not be circulated in the British Isles, The United States of America or Canada" Player Piano is the debut novel by American writer Kurt Vonnegut Jr. The novel depicts a dystopia of automation partly inspired by the author's time working at General Electric, describing the negative impact technology can have on quality of life. The story takes place in a near-future society that is almost totally mechanized, eliminating the need for human laborers. The widespread mechanization creates conflict between the wealthy upper class, the engineers and managers, who keep society running, and the lower class, whose skills and purpose in society have been replaced by machines. The book uses irony and sentimentality, which were to become hallmarks developed further in Vonnegut's later works

• Publisher: Macmillan & Co
• Year: 1953
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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