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Read Kurt Vonnegut''s powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.

Billy Pilgrim hapless barber''s assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?

Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.

An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist' New York Times Book Review

This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

Slaughterhouse 5

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    Publisher: Vintage Publishing
    Publication Date: 10/3/2024
    ISBN13: 9781784879822, 978-1784879822
    ISBN10: 1784879827

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

    Description

    Read Kurt Vonnegut''s powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published.

    Billy Pilgrim hapless barber''s assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?

    Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency.

    An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist' New York Times Book Review

    This series of war novels from Vintage Classics presents eight powerful stories about the horror and waste of war - each a passionate plea to prevent its repetition.

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