A Man Without a Country

<i>A Man Without a Country</i> is Kurt Vonnegut’s hilariously funny 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?"). <p>Based on short essays and speeches composed over the last five years and plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author throughout, <i>A Man Without a Country</i> gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation and writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching.</p> <p>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 <i>Cat’s Cradle</i> and <i>Slaughterhouse Five</i>, among so many others. Projects with Seven Stories Press in recent years include <i>God Bless You</i>, <i>Dr. Kevorkian</i> and, with Lee Stringer, <i>Like Shaking Hands with God</i>, a book about writing. His most recent novel is <i>Timequake</i> (1997).</p>

Author(s): Kurt Vonnegut  

ISBN 10: 081297736X
ISBN 13: 9780812977363
Pages: 145
Format: Paperback
Publication: January 2007
Edition: Reprint