A Man Without a Country.
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First edition · Signed
New York: Seven Stories Press, 2005. First edition, second printing of Vonnegut's final book, a collection of personal essays and speeches. Octavo, original boards. Boldly signed by Kurt Vonnegut on the limitations page. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover art by Kurt Vonnegut. Housed in a custom clamshell box. A Man Without a Country (2005) is the last canonical work by Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007), the Indianapolis-born novelist, satirist, and counterculture's novelist whose Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Cat's Cradle (1963) established him as one of the supreme voices in the history of American letters. Part memoir, part social and political commentary, and part riveting personal conversation, the volume gathers essays and speeches composed over the preceding five years in which Vonnegut holds forth on life, art, politics, and the condition of the American soul with the indignant humanism, pacifism, and generosity of spirit that defined his voice across a career of more than five decades. “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).
- Publisher: Seven Stories Press
- Year: 2005
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: hardcover
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