Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 LOA 273 : Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition , Pre-Owned Hardcover 1598534645 9781598534641 Kurt Vonnegut

This is a Pre-Owned book. All our books are in Good or better condition. Format: Hardcover Author: Kurt Vonnegut ISBN10: 1598534645 ISBN13: 9781598534641 The definitive edition of Kurt Vonneguts fiction concludes with three brilliantly satirical novels of the 1980s and 90s collected in one volume for the first time. Here are the final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard 1987 is the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painter who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercial success. now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plots his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt his talent. In Hocus Pocus 1990 , a freewheeling prison memoir by a Vietnam vet and disgraced academic, Vonnegut brings his indelible voice to a range of still-burning issues-free speech, racism, environmental calamity, deindustrialization, and globalization. Timequake 1997 , the authors last completed novel, is part science fiction yarn starring perennial protagonist Kilgore trout , part diary of the mid-1990s starring the author himself . the result is a perfect fusion of Vonneguts two signature genres, the satirical fantasy and the personal essay, and a literary magicians fond farewell to his readers and his craft. Rounded out with a selection of short nonfiction pieces intimately related to these three works, this volume presents the final word from the artist who the San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing Timequake, called an 'old warrior who will not accept the dehumanizing of politics, the blunting of conscience, and the glibness of the late-twentieth-century Western world.' LIBRARY OF AMERICA is an independent nonprofit cultural organization founded in 1979 to preserve our nations literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, Americas best and most significant writing. The Library of America series includes more than 300 volumes to date, authoritative editions that average 1,000 pages in length, feature cloth covers, sewn bindings, and ribbon markers, and are printed on premium acid-free paper that will last for centuries.

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 LOA 273 : Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition , Pre-Owned Hardcover 1598534645 9781598534641 Kurt Vonnegut