A Man Without a Country
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Genre: Short story collection
By writing books like Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut guaranteed himself a lot of fame. For over fifty years he wrote about modern society with a dark, yet playful, sense of humor. A Man Without a Country is a collection of short stories that was published in 2005, making it the last book Vonnegut wrote before he died in 2007.
A Man Without a Country is Vonnegut's take on living in America/the world during the Bush regime and the ongoing oil crisis. It is a simple, easy read - short short chapters broken down by quotes as seen above (the giraffe one for example). He rants a bit about people being stupid, but he does so with a shrug of his shoulders. "I am an old man", he seems to say, "If the world is fucked up... well, at least it is not my problem anymore."
I can imagining him smiling as he types down the last few pages.
Genre: Short story collection
By writing books like Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse-Five, Vonnegut guaranteed himself a lot of fame. For over fifty years he wrote about modern society with a dark, yet playful, sense of humor. A Man Without a Country is a collection of short stories that was published in 2005, making it the last book Vonnegut wrote before he died in 2007.
A Man Without a Country is Vonnegut's take on living in America/the world during the Bush regime and the ongoing oil crisis. It is a simple, easy read - short short chapters broken down by quotes as seen above (the giraffe one for example). He rants a bit about people being stupid, but he does so with a shrug of his shoulders. "I am an old man", he seems to say, "If the world is fucked up... well, at least it is not my problem anymore."
I can imagining him smiling as he types down the last few pages.
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Author: Mark Levengood
A collection of short texts by Mark Levengood, a lot of them very entertaining in a homely sort of way. Levengood has an (according to me) unfortunate habit of getting overly philosophical sometimes, which ruins part of the collection. But when his goal is comedy, he delivers.
A collection of short texts by Mark Levengood, a lot of them very entertaining in a homely sort of way. Levengood has an (according to me) unfortunate habit of getting overly philosophical sometimes, which ruins part of the collection. But when his goal is comedy, he delivers.
