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Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition

Stories

Stories

By Kurt Vonnegut
Edited by Gregory D. Sumner

By Kurt Vonnegut
Edited by Gregory D. Sumner

By Kurt Vonnegut
Edited by Gregory D. Sumner

By Kurt Vonnegut
Edited by Gregory D. Sumner

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    About Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition

    Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table,” noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut’s process as the author struggles—false start after false start—to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories. The result is the rare chance to watch a great writer hone his craft in real time.

    Includes the following stories:

    “Where I Live”
    “Harrison Bergeron”
    “Who Am I This Time?”
    “Welcome to the Monkey House”
    “Long Walk to Forever”
    “The Foster Portfolio”
    “Miss Temptation”
    “All the King’s Horses”
    “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog”
    “New Dictionary”
    “Next Door”
    “More Stately Mansions”
    “The Hyannis Port Story”
    “D.P.”
    “Report on the Barnhouse Effect”
    “The Euphio Question”
    “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son”
    “Deer in the Works”
    “The Lie”
    “Unready to Wear”
    “The Kid Nobody Could Handle”
    “The Manned Missiles”
    “Epicac”
    “Adam”
    “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

    About Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition

    Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table,” noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut’s process as the author struggles—false start after false start—to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories. The result is the rare chance to watch a great writer hone his craft in real time.

    Includes the following stories:

    “Where I Live”
    “Harrison Bergeron”
    “Who Am I This Time?”
    “Welcome to the Monkey House”
    “Long Walk to Forever”
    “The Foster Portfolio”
    “Miss Temptation”
    “All the King’s Horses”
    “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog”
    “New Dictionary”
    “Next Door”
    “More Stately Mansions”
    “The Hyannis Port Story”
    “D.P.”
    “Report on the Barnhouse Effect”
    “The Euphio Question”
    “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son”
    “Deer in the Works”
    “The Lie”
    “Unready to Wear”
    “The Kid Nobody Could Handle”
    “The Manned Missiles”
    “Epicac”
    “Adam”
    “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

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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

    Product Details

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $18.00
    Published by Dial Press Trade Paperback
    Apr 08, 2014 | 416 Pages | 5-1/4 x 8 | ISBN 9780812993608

    Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by The Dial Press
    Apr 08, 2014 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9780812993615

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    “Kurt Vonnegut is, in my view, the great, urgent passionate American writer of our century.”—George Saunders
     
    “Vonnegut’s fiction itches to seize the human truth by its large handles.”—John Updike

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