Billy Pilgrim returns home from the Second World War only to be kidnapped by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore, who teach him that time is an eternal present.
Centering on the infamous World War II firebombing of Dresden, the novel is the result of what Kurt Vonnegut described as a twenty-three-year struggle to write a book about what he had witnessed as an American prisoner of war.
A special fiftieth anniversary edition of Kurt Vonnegut’s masterpiece, “a desperate, painfully honest attempt to confront the monstrous crimes of the twentieth century” (Time), featuring a new introduction by Kevin Powers, author of ...
War stories are impossible to write. Nevertheless, Vonnegut decided to begin his war story with Billy Pilgrim, a conqueror of the American dream. However, Billy's success isn't limited to business...
With Kurt Vonnegut’s seminal anti-war story, Slaughterhouse-Five, Eisner Award-winning writer Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) and Eisner Award-nominated artist Albert Monteys (Universe!) translate a literary classic into comic book ...
The story of Kurt Vonnegut and Slaughterhouse-Five, an enduring masterpiece on trauma and memory Kurt Vonnegut was twenty years old when he enlisted in the United States Army.
Slaughterhouse five or the children's crusade
As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 Allied fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens.
"If it's time to make a bold and courageous shift in your life, Stop Living on Autopilot is the guide you need.
... of the American Ex-POWs of Schlachthof Fünf, Dresden, Germany Ervin E. Szpek, Frank J. Idzikowski Heidi M. Szpek ... We were all sent south to Fort McClellan, Alabama, for infantry basic training three days after the induction at ...
Finalist for the National Book Award, The Yellow Birds is the harrowing story of two young soldiers trying to stay alive in Iraq.