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Slaughterhouse-Five

A Novel

Or The Children’s Crusade, A Duty Dance With Death (25th Anniversary)

A Novel

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

By Kurt Vonnegut

Part of Modern Library 100 Best Novels

Part of Modern Library 100 Best Novels

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction

Category: Literary Fiction | Military Fiction

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Paperback $17.00

Jan 12, 1999 | 288 Pages

Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Nov 03, 1991 | 224 Pages

Hardcover $25.00

Feb 01, 1994 | 224 Pages

Ebook $7.99

Aug 11, 2009 | 288 Pages

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    About Slaughterhouse-Five

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

    Slaughterhouse-Five    , an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.

    About Slaughterhouse-Five

    Slaughterhous-Five is one of the world’s great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.

    About Slaughterhouse-Five

    Slaughterhouse-Five is one of  the world’s great anti-war books. Centering on the  infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey  of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning  in what we are afraid to know.

    About Slaughterhouse-Five

    Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time

    Slaughterhouse-Five    , an American classic, is one of the world’s great antiwar books. Centering on the infamous firebombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim’s odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we fear most.


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    About Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times, as “a true artist”… More about Kurt Vonnegut

    About Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times, as “a true artist”… More about Kurt Vonnegut

    About Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times, as “a true artist”… More about Kurt Vonnegut

    About Kurt Vonnegut

    Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times, as “a true artist”… More about Kurt Vonnegut

    Product Details

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Dial Press Trade Paperback
    Jan 12, 1999 | 288 Pages | 5-1/4 x 8 | ISBN 9780385333849

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Dell
    Nov 03, 1991 | 224 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780440180296

    Hardcover | $25.00
    Published by Delacorte Press
    Feb 01, 1994 | 224 Pages | 5 x 7-3/4 | ISBN 9780385312080

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by The Dial Press
    Aug 11, 2009 | 288 Pages | ISBN 9780440339069

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    Praise

    “Poignant and hilarious, threaded with compassion and, behind everything, the cataract of a thundering moral statement.”—Boston Globe

    Very tough and very funny . . . sad and delightful . . . very Vonnegut.”—New York Times

    “Splendid art . . . a funny book at which you are not permitted to laugh, a sad book without tears.”—Life

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