[books 2015] Slaughterhouse 5
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inulro15. Slaughterhouse 5 by Kurt Vonnegut
I'm not sure how I've never read this before, but I haven't. It was the Bibliogoths selection this month.
While I've read more than my fair share of Great War novels, I don't knot a lot about the literature arising out of WWII. Vonnegut does a lot, in a very little space, and ends up questioning everything, not just the futility of war. It's incredibly tightly written, and clever without appearing clever.
I just wish I could work out why the prose in it was so familiar. I assume it's because every American writer in the last half of the 20th century wanted to use his voice.
It's probably the superior work, but Catch-22 is the anti-war book I read when I was in high school, and that's the one that remains in my heart.
I'm not sure how I've never read this before, but I haven't. It was the Bibliogoths selection this month.
While I've read more than my fair share of Great War novels, I don't knot a lot about the literature arising out of WWII. Vonnegut does a lot, in a very little space, and ends up questioning everything, not just the futility of war. It's incredibly tightly written, and clever without appearing clever.
I just wish I could work out why the prose in it was so familiar. I assume it's because every American writer in the last half of the 20th century wanted to use his voice.
It's probably the superior work, but Catch-22 is the anti-war book I read when I was in high school, and that's the one that remains in my heart.
