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And so it goes : Kurt Vonnegut: a life Cover Image Book Book

And so it goes : Kurt Vonnegut: a life

Shields, Charles J. 1951- (Author).

Summary: An authorized portrait of the influential twentieth-century American writer draws on first-person accounts and Vonnegut's private letters while offering insight into his youth, the inspirations for his work, and his enduring literary impact.

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  • ISBN: 0805086935 (hc.)
  • ISBN: 9780805086935 :
  • Physical Description: print
    xii, 513 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: 1st ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Co., c2011.

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Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note: Prologue: out of print and scared to death -- 1. You Were an Accident, 1922--1940 -- 2. One of the Biggest Fools on the Hill, 1940--1943 -- 3. To War in the Bridal Suite, 1943--1945 -- 4. Folk Society and the House of Magic, 1945--1947 -- 5. Stop Being Such a Hardheaded Realist, 1948--1951 -- 6. Dead Engineer, 1951--1958 -- 7. Cooped Up with All These Kids, 1958--1965 -- 8. Community of Writers, 1965--1967 -- 9. Big Ka-BOOM, 1967--1969 -- 10. Goodbye and Goodbye and Goodbye, 1969--1971 -- 11. Cultural Bureaucrat, 1971--1974 -- 12. Ripped Off, 1975--1979 -- 13. Looking for Mr. Vonnegut, 1980--1984 -- 14. Dear Celebrity, 1984--1991 -- 15. Waiting to Die, 1992--2007 -- Appendix: Vonnegut-Lieber family history.

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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography

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