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More copies of this ISBN:Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fictionby Kurt Vonnegut
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Never-before-collected, vintage Vonnegut. Vonnegut said that his last book, Timequake (1997), would be his last, but no one as imaginative and in love with language and story can resist the lure of the page, and it's obvious that he had a grand time working on this collection of his vintage stories. Bagombo Snuff Box resurrects Vonnegut's earliest efforts, stories written during the fifties and sixties for such popular venues as The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's. In his engagingly autobiographical introduction, Vonnegut describes his stints as a Chicago journalist and PR man for General Electric in Schenectady, New York; his decision to supplement his income by writing; and his rapid success and evolution into a full-time writer. So, here are his literary roots, a set of stories that reflects their era's eagerness to turn the horrors of war into anecdote and to equate technology with progress. Unabashedly fablelike, they can be either sly or sweet, sentimental or vaudevillian, but all are quietly subversive. Review:"He is a satirist with a heart, a moralist with a whoopee cushion". Jay McInerney, New York Times Review:"Vonnegut evokes the cynical chortle, the knowing grin, the inner laughter that soothes our troubled reflections....He's mad as hell and laughing all the way to the Apocalypse." Playboy Review:"These 23 short stories, dating from the early 1950's, are amiable, bittersweet, often with O. Henry-like twists and turns." Seattle Post-Intelligencer Review:"Throughout this collection, the storytelling is precise and clear. Vonnegut writes with such simple vision, his prose so graceful." San Francisco Chronicle Review:"The publications of his uncollected short fiction in Bagombo Snuff Box, a new audience of readers can discover the simple pleasures of Vonnegut's stories." Houston Chronicle Synopsis:From the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Timequake comes this new compilation of short fiction, twenty-three previously uncollected stories. These vignettes of American life draw on Kurt Vonnegut's World War Two experiences and the resolute optimism of the country after the war. Together, they present a poignant and humorous portrayal of an America peopled with overzealous high school band directors and their students ("Ambitious Sophomore"), rebellious housewives ("Custom-Made Bride") and boasting salesmen ("Bagombo Snuff Box"), soldiers misplaced during the war ("Der Arme Dolmetscher") and people lost in their own gadget-filled homes ("The Package").<P>In an era before television, Kurt Vonnegut found a ready and willing audience in the readers of such magazines as Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Argosy, and Redbook. These rare, rediscovered tales give us a glimpse into a more innocent America — and into the developing genius of one of the greatest writers of our time. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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