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Don't let the ease of reading fool you--Vonnegut's isn't a conventional, or simple, novel. He writes, "There are almost no characters in this story, and almost no dramatic confrontations, because most of the people in it are so sick, and so much the listless playthings of enormous forces. One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters..." Slaughterhouse-Five (taken from the name of the building where the POWs were held) is not only Vonnegut's most powerful book, it is as important as any written since 1945. Like Catch- 22, it fashions the author's experiences in the Second World War into an eloquent and deeply funny plea against butchery in the service of authority. Slaughterhouse-Five boasts the same imagination, humanity, and gleeful appreciation of the absurd found in Vonnegut's other works, but the book's basis in rock-hard, tragic fact gives it a unique poignancy--and humor.
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Just brilliant,
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I read Slaughterhouse-Five three times and enjoyed every part of it those moments that I occupied myself with the book. Vonnegut is an amazing writer, so creative, brilliant, clever and witty that some of his words are difficult to forget. This was the first book I read by Kurt Vonnegut, and it was recommended to me by a friend. While I was reading it the first time, I tried to understand why it had become so much of a talked about read. At the end of it, I understood.As someone who witnessed the Dresden bombing, the author portrayed his insight of war through the character of Billy Pilgrim, who was serving the US army during World War II a private. It is a fantastic anti-war book, or more a book with a sobering effect on war mongers. The overwhelming destruction of picturesque and artistic Dresden, by Allied bombers is at the centre of the book. The alien part of it was marvelous. This book is easy to understand, the setting is great and the pace is fast, confirmed by the fact that I lost my attention for a minute while reading the book until the last words. This is a book to recommend to any reader who accepts the realities of life. I also recommend DISCIPLES OF FORTUNE, ALL QUIET ON TH WESTERN FRONT Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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Comment mélanger SF, antimilitarisme et désespoir?,
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La folie comme remède à la guerre? Ou comment soigner la mal par le mal?Plus qu'un récit de guerre, l'auteur nous fait voir l'horreur d'un évènement peu connu alors que 60 de Film nous avait fait croire qu'il n'y avait plus rien à découvrir sur la 2ème guerre mondiale. Cet évènement est devenu le point central de la vie du héros. Et pour reconstruire ça vie, il s'est inventé un présent, un futur et un passé. Dérangeant et indispensable. Aidez d'autres clients à trouver les commentaires les plus utiles
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