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发表于2025-03-22
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A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilarious and razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news and what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq and he said, 'Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'"), and the condition of the soul of America today ("What has happened to us?"). Gleaned from short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.
From Publishers Weekly
In his first book since 1999, it's just like old times as Vonnegut (now 82) makes with the deeply black humor in this collection of articles written over the last five years, many from the alternative magazine In These Times. But the pessimistic wisecracks may be wearing thin; the conversational tone of the pieces is like Garrison Keillor with a savage undercurrent. Still, the schtick works fine most of the time, underscored by hand-lettered aphorisms between chapters. Some essays suffer from authorial self-indulgence, however, like taking a dull story about mailing a manuscript and stretching it to interminable lengths. Vonnegut reserves special bile for the "psychopathic personalities" (i.e., "smart, personable people who have no consciences") in the Bush administration, which he accuses of invading Iraq so America can score more of the oil to which we have become addicted. People, he says, are just "chimpanzees who get crazy drunk on power." Of course, that's exactly the sort of misanthropy hardcore Vonnegut fans will lap up—the online versions of these pieces are already described as the most popular Web pages in the history of In These Times. (Sept.)
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Kurt Vonnegut is among the very few grandmasters of contemporary American letters, without whom the very term "American literature" would mean less than it does. His novels include Cat's Cradle and Slaughterhouse Five, among so many others. Projects with Seven Stories Press in recent years include God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian and, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands with God, a book about writing. His most recent novel is Timequake (1997). In addition to his writing, Vonnegut is a visual artist of note. His paintings and prints can be seen at www.vonnegut.com. He lives with his wife, photographer Jill Krementz, in New York City.
这书写于冯老头八十二岁,三年后他死了。老头说,幽默是保护自己远离残酷生活的方式。这本书结尾的时候老头说,我曾是个有趣的人,或许现在我不再有趣了。生活的冲击和失望如此之多,幽默恐怕已经无能为力。我不知自己以后会成为什么样子,但是如果一百年之后的人类依然会笑,我将欢欣鼓舞。
评分intelligent and humorous
评分金句多多的短篇集 不能更喜欢他的witty+sarcastic tone
评分Kurt Vonnegut真是有趣!
评分天蝎也有人啊
不可否认冯内古特仍不愧是一位语言大师,他那文字当中透露出的灵气和机智并没有因为他的年龄而褪色 比如在这本书的开头,他写到: http://www.sevenstories.com/html/custom/images/Mafia.jpg 善 战胜不了 恶 ...
评分跑题与A Man Without A Country - 库尔特·冯内古特(Kurt Vonnegut) 2007-05-08 23:21:14 文学城&douban: ghostnotediana = MITBBS: Ophilia 邝蓝岚 版权所有,不得转载 Kurt Vonnegut 今年四月初过世。我这篇算不上是书评的书评,赶在他走之前写了出来,权当送行吧。 ...
评分跑题与A Man Without A Country - 库尔特·冯内古特(Kurt Vonnegut) 2007-05-08 23:21:14 文学城&douban: ghostnotediana = MITBBS: Ophilia 邝蓝岚 版权所有,不得转载 Kurt Vonnegut 今年四月初过世。我这篇算不上是书评的书评,赶在他走之前写了出来,权当送行吧。 ...
评分睡前把剩的半本《没有国家的人》看完了,停也停不下来,怎么晚上消化力那么强呢,大概因为躺床上的专注,外面凄风苦雨,屋子里却暖暖,我带着一种幸灾乐祸+小富即安的满足感,却又没得读了,赶紧订了本《冠军早餐》。 Mr.冯就是个彻头彻尾的老愤青啊,这本可以像罗兰·巴特那样...
评分这篇评论只是借了冯老先生的书名。我想尝试着说清楚对这个世界的一些看法。由于太过用力地摆脱“统一口径”,思维有些破碎。那就来些碎片吧。 这段时间最热闹的事件大概就是抵制家乐福了。抵制短信到处传播,为数众多的中华儿女群情激奋,义愤填膺,积极响应。 我...
A Man Without a Country pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025