Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 (LOA #273): Bluebeard / Hocus

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 (LOA #273): Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake (Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition)

The definitive edition of Kurt Vonnegutâ€™s fiction concludes with three brilliantly satirical novels of the 1980s and â€™90s collected in one volume for the first time.Â Here are the final three novels of theÂ visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) isÂ the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painterÂ who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercialÂ success. now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plotsÂ his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt hisÂ talent. In Hocus Pocus (1990), a freewheeling prison memoirÂ by a Vietnam vet and disgraced academic, Vonnegut brings hisÂ indelible voice to a range of still-burning issuesâ€”free speech,Â racism, environmental calamity, deindustrialization, and globalization. Timequake (1997), the authorâ€™s last completed novel,Â is part science fiction yarn (starring perennial protagonistÂ Kilgore trout), part diary of the mid-1990s (starring theÂ author himself). the result is a perfect fusion of Vonnegutâ€™s twoÂ signature genres, the satirical fantasy and the personal essay, andÂ a literary magicianâ€™s fond farewell to his readers and his craft. Rounded out with a selection of short nonfictionÂ pieces intimately related to these three works, thisÂ volume presents the final word from the artist who theÂ San Francisco Chronicle, reviewing Timequake, called anÂ â€œold warrior who will not accept the dehumanizing ofÂ politics, the blunting of conscience, and the glibness ofÂ the late-twentieth-century Western world.â€
Country USA
Brand Library of America
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2016-01-19
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781598534641

Country	USA
Brand	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2016-01-19
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9781598534641

Kurt Vonnegut: Novels 1987-1997 (LOA #273): Bluebeard / Hocus Pocus / Timequake (Library of America Kurt Vonnegut Edition)