The Vonnegut Statement: Original Essays on the life and Work of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. With A Bibliography.
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First edition · Signed
New York: Delacorte Press, 1973. First edition of this collection of stories by the award-winning author. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the half-title page, "For David and Loni- Kurt Vonnegut Jr." The recipient, David Hayman, was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Wisconsin and a close friend of Vonnegut’s. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Wendell Minor. Photograph by Jill Krementz. Edited by Jerome Klinkowitz and John Somer. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed. With the great popular and critical success of Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat’s Cradle, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, and his earlier novels, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. has emerged as a major American writer. He has also written plays, films, stories, essays, and personal journalism for McCall’s, Collier’s, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, and other popular magazines, all of which are studied here for their contribution to Vonnegut’s world. The Vonnegut Statement confronts the difficult task of explaining a living and productive author—how his works came into being, why they became popular, and what may be the clues to their artistic success. Fourteen authorities on different aspects of the writer’s career have pooled their efforts to produce a complete and coherent picture of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. as both a public figure and a literary figure, concluding with an assessment of his work. Vonnegut’s popular acceptance as a paperba
- Publisher: Delacorte Press
- Year: 1973
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: paperback
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