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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.
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1969)

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The reviews on the back of my copy say that the book is "very funny ... sad and delightful," and that it is "a funny book at which you are not permitted to laugh, a sad book without tears."

I would agree with both. The book is sad throughout, but in a resigned way; the book is funny throughout, but not in a laughing way, not in a comedy-show way, but in the way one laughs at something they feel only emptiness for.

The story of Billy Pilgrim is misery throughout, and yet I can't help but feel like him that everything about him is alright.

So it goes.

I give this four stars, not because it isn't an excellent novel, but because - despite its quality - I didn't "enjoy" it as much as others in my library. ( )
  VerixSilvercrow | Mar 27, 2024 |
A great story, a fractured mind reconstructs the Dresden massacre which passes almost unnoticed to the world.

The piece often reaches deep into something to try to get you to understand, maybe something is there, maybe not... ( )
  yates9 | Feb 28, 2024 |
Had to re-read this classic. The world doesn't seem to be improving on its level of intelligent. Our store of knowledge grows with the exuberance of exponents. Yet our ability to glean from that store is no better than when we sat on the steppes eating raw meat while our toes froze. ( )
  ben_r47 | Feb 22, 2024 |
Hard to describe... interesting, weird, sad but great... ( )
  rendier | Jan 25, 2024 |
How better than to write book about war than with an insane protagonist? Tragic, sad and beautiful. ( )
  mslibrarynerd | Jan 13, 2024 |
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Vonnegut, Kurtprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brioschi, LuigiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Chesterman, AdrianIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Donkers, JanAfterwordsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Ferrer, JoseNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Franco, JamesNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
García de Miró, MargaritaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hawke, EthanNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hens, GregorTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Holder, JohnIllustratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Hoog, ElseTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jaskari, JuhaniTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jęczmyk, LechTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Jonason, OlovTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Mantovani, VincenzoTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Nemes, LászlóTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
North, RyanAuthorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Pellizzari, DanielTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sutherland, JohnIntroductionsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wagenseil, KurtTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Zanon, CássiaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Владимир ФилиповTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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The cattle are lowing,
The Baby awakes.
But the little Lord Jesus
No crying He makes.
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For Mary O'Hare and Gerhard Müller
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Like so many Americans, she was trying to construct a life that made sense from things she found in gift shops.
There was a a soft drink bottle on the windowsill. Its label boasted that it contained no nourishment whatsoever.
I have told my sons that they are not under any circumstances to take part in massacres, and that the news of massacres of enemies is not to fill them with satisfaction or glee.
So it goes.
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Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time.
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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.

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From the World War Two firebombing of Dresden to the distant planet called Tralfamadore, the reader follows Billy Pilgrim in his attempt to understand the natures of time and existence.
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