Slaughterhouse-Five at Forty

Why Vonnegut's classic novel transcends the '60s.

By Gregory Sumner

Slaughterhouse-Five first appeared in bookstores forty years ago, and it remains the signature achievement of Kurt Vonnegut's long and distinguished writing career. Long in gestation, it oscillates between realism and science fiction, mordant humor and grief, relieved by moments of unexpectedly lyrical imagery to convey [RETURN TO ARTICLE]

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    Thank you, Mr. Sumner, for your understanding of a beautiful man who wrote beautiful books.

    United States Posted by Pat Tully Jr on Dec 29, 2009 at 5:47 PM

    Enjoyed the piece.  I think you got Vonnegut just right.  I will reread the book this year. 

    It’s “so it goes,” of course.  I thought it was tinged with existentialism when I was a kid.  “And so it goes” sounds like stoner Zen.

    United States Posted by charles firke on Dec 29, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    Yeap… and the Russians are again the worst enemy.. how sad…

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