- Short stories, American fiction, American literature, Fiction, short stories (single author)
An anthology of sixteen previously unpublished works includes selections from the iconic writer's early literary career and is complemented by more than a dozen of his original works of art.
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Spare, classical in form, prestige and cool.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
- resolvedopen-ended
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- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 266
- Publisher
- Bompiani, Delacorte Press, Penguin Random House
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- heb, Spanish, Italian, tur
- ISBN
- 9780385343749
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was an American novelist who wrote works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as [*Slaughterhouse-Five* (1969)][1], [*Cat's Cradle* (1963)][2], and [*Breakfast of Champions* (1973)][3]. He was known for his humanist beliefs as well as being honorary president of the American Humanist Association. He is widely considered one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century. [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98474W/Slaughterhouse-Five [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98482W/Cat's_Cradle [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL98488W/Breakfast_of_Champions
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