In what is supposedly his final book, Kurt Vonnegut addresses a wide range of subjects with a combination of wicked wit and boundless imagination, looking at suicide, memory, "deja vu", the Great Depression, W.W.II and the loss of...

Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to humanity. For he is the inventor of ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. Writer Jonah's search for his...

Cat's Cradle, one of Vonnegut's most entertaining novels, is filled with scientists and G-men and even ordinary folks caught up in the game. These assorted characters chase each other around in search of the world's most important and...

Die Gefreiten Donnini, Coleman und Kniptash sitzen mitten in den Ruinen des zerstörten Dresden und gehen ihre Lieblingsrezepte durch. »Man bräunt es etwa fünf Minuten lang von jeder Seite an, gibt Sellerie, Zwiebeln und Karotten hinzu,...

"A desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century."-Time Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time Slaughterhouse-Five, an American classic, is one of the...

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"Cat's Cradle" ist eine satirische Science-Fiction-Geschichte von Kurt Vonnegut. Der Protagonist und Erzähler, John, recherchiert für ein Buch über das Leben der Wissenschaftler, die an der Atombombe gearbeitet haben. Dabei stößt er auf...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person."-USA Today In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of...

'Although it is set in the near future, Hocus Pocus is the most topical, realistic Vonnegut novel to date, and shows the struggle of an artist a little impatient with allegory and more than a little impatient with his own country' - New...

The art and craft of writing by one of the few grandmasters of American literature, a bonanza for writers and readers co-written by Kurt Vonnegut's former student.Here is an entirely new side of Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut as a teacher of...

"[Vonnegut] at his wildest best."-The New York Times Book Review Eliot Rosewater-drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation-is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a...

"Breakfast of Champions - Frühstück für Helden" ist ein satirischer Roman von Kurt Vonnegut, der die Themen Freiheit, Wahnsinn und Zerstörung behandelt. Die Geschichte folgt zwei Hauptfiguren: Dwayne Hoover, einem wohlhabenden...