- Fiction, short stories (single author), American fiction (fictional works by one author), New York Times reviewed, LITERARY COLLECTIONS
"The complete short stories of Kurt Vonnegut"--
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Classical in form, spare, prestige and open-ended.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
- resolvedopen-ended
- rawmeticulous
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- Author
- Kurt Vonnegut
- First published
- 2017
- Pages
- 936
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press, Albatros
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- Polish, English
- ISBN
- 9788381253918
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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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