Complete Stories - Hardcover, by Vonnegut Kurt - Very Good
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Complete Stories - Hardcover, by Vonnegut Kurt - Very Good
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Type
- Hardcover
- ISBN
- 9781609808082
- Book Title
- Complete Stories
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Item Length
- 9.4 in
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 2.1 in
- Genre
- Fiction, Literary Collections
- Topic
- Short Stories (Single Author), American / General, Literary, Science Fiction / General
- Item Weight
- 54.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 7.3 in
- Number of Pages
- 944 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
ISBN-10
1609808088
ISBN-13
9781609808082
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237008938
Product Key Features
Book Title
Complete Stories
Number of Pages
944 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Short Stories (Single Author), American / General, Literary, Science Fiction / General
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Fiction, Literary Collections
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
2.1 in
Item Weight
54.3 Oz
Item Length
9.4 in
Item Width
7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2017-013594
Reviews
"This book is big in size and significance ... Meant to get readers thinking, these stories both preserve a lost world and showcase Vonnegut's phenomenal prescience. In his foreword, Dave Eggers pinpoints another key trait: Vonnegut wrote "moral stories" meant to "tell us what's right and what's wrong, and . . . how to live." In our time of dangerous ambiguity, Vonnegut's clarity is restorative, his artistry and imagination affirming." -- Booklist, "For completists, this will be like a boxed set of a musician's early work -- Vonnegut's Sun Studio sessions ... It's fascinating to watch him work themes that would later animate his 14 novels and five books of nonfiction: the cruel stupidity of war, the dehumanizing dangers of technology, the distillation of American values into mere greed and selfishness.... An extraordinary heart exists behind these stories." --Jess Walter, New York Times Book Review "There are wonderful lines, sentences, and whole paragraphs throughout the collection; it is full of constructions that are funny, clever, and unexpected.... Generosity and decency seem to be the two qualities Vonnegut values most, even as he recognizes their fragility and rarity." --Geoff Nicholson, Los Angeles Review of Books "Vonnegut's writing explodes with disquieting warnings and lessons that continue to ring true for contemporary readers." -- Huffington Post "Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories is a deep dive into one of the great minds in American literature: morally serious, formally adventurous, and topically diverse. A reader could happily spend years wandering around in this book." --Matthew Sharpe, bestselling author of The Sleeping Father and Jamestown "This book is big in size and significance ... Meant to get readers thinking, these stories both preserve a lost world and showcase Vonnegut's phenomenal prescience. In his foreword, Dave Eggers pinpoints another key trait: Vonnegut wrote 'moral stories' meant to 'tell us what's right and what's wrong, and ... how to live.' In our time of dangerous ambiguity, Vonnegut's clarity is restorative, his artistry and imagination affirming." -- Booklist "A sterling collection of the late Vonnegut's corpus of short fiction, with several unpublished pieces to balance better-known published and anthologized work.... Essential for Vonnegut completists, of course--and budding writers can always learn a thing or two from the sardonic master." -- Kirkus Reviews , starred review " Complete Stories will not easily fit in briefcases or backpacks. Stuff it into your overhead compartment at your own risk. That said, this collection is an indispensable and beautifully presented survey of the sweet, nostalgic, dark, brooding, wondrous themes that swirled on the wide palette of Kurt Vonnegut.... Complete Stories is a time-consuming commitment that rewards with celebrations of days long gone by and a doomed yet manageable future." -- Pop Matters, "Vonnegut's writing explodes with disquieting warnings and lessons that continue to ring true for contemporary readers." -- Huffington Post "Kurt Vonnegut: Complete Stories is a deep dive into one of the great minds in American literature: morally serious, formally adventurous, and topically diverse. A reader could happily spend years wandering around in this book." --Matthew Sharpe, bestselling author of The Sleeping Father and Jamestown "This book is big in size and significance ... Meant to get readers thinking, these stories both preserve a lost world and showcase Vonnegut's phenomenal prescience. In his foreword, Dave Eggers pinpoints another key trait: Vonnegut wrote "moral stories" meant to "tell us what's right and what's wrong, and . . . how to live." In our time of dangerous ambiguity, Vonnegut's clarity is restorative, his artistry and imagination affirming." -- Booklist
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Synopsis
Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the 20th century's greatest writers. More than half of Vonnegut's output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together. These 97 stories were written over a lifetime, from 1941 to 2007, and include those published during Vonnegut's lifetime in magazines and story collections; those published posthumously; and, here for the first time, five previously unpublished stories as well as a handful of others that were published online only and read by few., Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the twentieth century's foremost imaginative geniuses. More than half of Vonnegut's output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together. Organized thematically--"War," "Women," "Science," "Romance," "Work Ethic versus Fame and Fortune," "Behavior," "The Band Director" (those stories featuring Lincoln High's band director and nice guy George Hemholtz), and "Futuristic"--these ninety-eight stories were written from 1941 to 2007, and include those Vonnegut published in magazines and collected in Welcome to the Monkey House , Bagombo Snuff Box , and other books; here for the first time five previously unpublished stories; as well as a handful of others that were published online and read by few. During his lifetime Vonnegut published fewer than half of the stories he wrote, his agent telling him in 1958 upon the rejection of a particularly strong story, "Save it for the collection of your works which will be published someday when you become famous. Which may take a little time." Selected and introduced by longtime Vonnegut friends and scholars Dan Wakefield and Jerome Klinkowitz, Complete Stories puts Vonnegut's great wit, humor, humanity, and artistry on full display. An extraordinary literary feast for new readers, Vonnegut fans, and scholars alike., The first complete collection of Vonnegut's 97 short stories, including 5 which have never been published before.
LC Classification Number
PS3572.O5A6 2017
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