Slaughterhouse-Five

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

7.8 / 10
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1966

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Slaughterhouse-Five is also known as Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade.

Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

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“Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5 (S5 from here on out) is the best book I’ve ever read during my 40+ years of reading. If I had to describe S5 in one word that word would be perfect. Prior to reading S5 I had often heard people saying this book or that book changed their lives. I’d never understood how a book could do that until I read S5.  Needless to…”

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Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922–2007) was a prolific and genre-bending American author. His works blend satire, black comedy and science fiction.

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