EAN: 9781644211908

KURT VONNEGUT - DAN WAKEFIELD GEBUNDEN

The first and only YA biography of the great American novelist and humanist comes out on the
100th anniversary of his birth. Kurt Vonnegut  author of Slaughterhouse Five  Breakfast of
Champions  Cat's Cradle  and many other brilliant novels and short stories  is one of our
greatest American writers  often using science fiction  humor  and a humanist view of society 
religion  politics  and human nature in his writing to show us the absurdity and the loveliness
of life on earth. Born in 1922  Vonnegut's life was full of great fortune and great despair:
his family was wealthy  but lost everything in the market crash of 1929  he was the youngest
son in a loving family  until his mother fell into a depression and committed suicide  he
joined the army in WWII with great pride for our country  but experienced instead a world of
destruction and horror. These and many others were the experiences that made him a writer. But
how did he channel the highs and lows of his life into great writing? Dan Wakefield  a friend
and mentee of Vonnegut's for decades and a fellow Hoosier  distills the facts including Kurt's
novels  essays  interviews  letters and personal experiences  into a beautiful telling of the
making of a writer. Using the second person You  it is as though Wakefield is a friend walking
through Kurt's life alongside him  a guide for readers to his extraordinary life. Here is an
American life  a burgeoning artist's life to inspire anyone who has read Vonnegut's work or who
themselves aspire to write.

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