Bluebeard

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Bluebeard
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Kurt Vonnegut
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenreModern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780008264338
ClassificationsDewey:813.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd
NZ Release Date 27 February 2023
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

From the author of Slaughterhouse 5. In Rabo Karabekian's fictional autobiography, Vonnegut creates an impeccably funny satirical piece, through the reflections of a seventy-one-year-old man.

Author Biography

Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America''s attention in The Siren''s of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist" with Cat''s Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene has declared, "one of the best living American writers."

Reviews

'Vonnegut is at his edifying best.' The Philadelphia Inquirer 'The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again ... He displays all his talents satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions.' The Cincinnati Post '[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric.' San Francisco Chronicle 'It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut ... Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty.' USA Today 'Is Bluebeard good? Yes! ... This is vintage Vonnegut-good wine from his best grapes.' The Detroit News 'A joyride ... Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives.' Kansas City Star