Six new essays round out this much expanded edition of the bestselling book, already a perennial favorite for graduation season
Date- 2002-10-18
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied
biochemistry at Cornell University. During the Second World War he
served in Europe and, as a prisoner of war in Germany, witnessed
the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which
inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. He is the author of
thirteen other novels, three collections of stories and five
non-fiction books. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007.
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He studied at the
universities of Chicago and Tennessee and later began to write
short stories for magazines. His first novel, Player Piano, was
published in 1951 and since then he has written many novels, among
them- The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat's Cradle
(1963), God Bless You Mr Rosewater (1964), Welcome to the Monkey
House; a collection of short stories (1968), Breakfast of Champions
(1973), Slapstick, or Lonesome No More (1976), Jailbird (1979),
Deadeye Dick (1982), Galapagos (1985), Bluebeard (1988) and Hocus
Pocus (1990). During the Second World War he was held prisoner in
Germany and was present at the bombing of Dresden, an experience
which provided the setting for his most famous work to date,
Slaughterhouse Five (1969). He has also published a volume of
autobiography entitled Palm Sunday (1981) and a collection of
essays and speeches, Fates Worse Than Death (1991).
"If This Isn’t Nice, What Is? is a spectacular read in its
entirety, brimming with Vonnegut’s unflinching convictions and
timeless advice to the young." —Maria Popova, Brain
Pickings
“Like [that of] his literary ancestor Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut’s
crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted.” —A.O.
Scott, New York Times Book Review
"Like so much of Vonnegut's work, these speeches combine absurdist
humor, pessimism and countercultural politics, with improbably and
disarmingly charming results." —Troy Jollimore, Chicago
Tribune's Printers Row Journal
"If This Isn't Nice, What Is? is a blast of pure
acid." —Entertainment Weekly
"These delightful scattershot commencement speeches offer
fresh clues to what lay behind Kurt Vonnegut's twinkly visage—clues
that are well worth celebrating." —Peter Matthiessen
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