A Man Without a Country

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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.

出版者:Seven Stories Press
作者:Kurt Vonnegut
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頁數:160
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出版時間:15 September, 2005
價格:$23.95
裝幀:Hardcover
isbn號碼:9781583227138
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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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老嬉皮冯内古特先生在宣布永久“封笔”8年后,又给他的读者们带来一本《没有国家的人》。相比于他的其他著作,这本夹杂着回忆和政论的随笔和感言集恐怕算不上什么正式作品。但要知道,写这些文章的时候,冯内古特已经八十有二了。一般情况下,这应该是一个儿孙绕膝、安享晚...  

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冯内古特老先生,已经仙逝了。 这个老嬉皮写《五号屠宰场》那会儿,中国的“顽主”们还穿开档裤哩。几十年过来了,老家伙的火气一点没见少,新书《没有国家的人》里头,把美国骂了个遍。他骂布什政府“有最令人恐怖的精神变态人格”;他骂比尔•盖茨,认为应该是他的“生命...  

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在系图借书时,不经意瞥见“冯内古特”这几个字,眼睛瞬时发亮,这个老头的书几年前我就想看了,没想到如今得来如此偶然。而且这本书是他的最后一本书(也许老头子发猛了会再写一本)-----《没有国家的人》,从后往前看可能也不坏。 这是一本看来酣畅淋漓的书,老头...  

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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。 ...  

用戶評價

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vonnegut's stand-up

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段子手的最高境界

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intelligent and humorous

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老憤青,贊

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這書寫於馮老頭八十二歲,三年後他死瞭。老頭說,幽默是保護自己遠離殘酷生活的方式。這本書結尾的時候老頭說,我曾是個有趣的人,或許現在我不再有趣瞭。生活的衝擊和失望如此之多,幽默恐怕已經無能為力。我不知自己以後會成為什麼樣子,但是如果一百年之後的人類依然會笑,我將歡欣鼓舞。

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