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Essential Vonnegut Interviews

by Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
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Over the course of Kurt Vonnegut's career as a writer, he sat down many times with radio host and interviewer Walter James Miller to conduct in-depth discussions of his work and the world. Now Caedmon has collected the best of these interviews on CD for the first time. This is the perfect audio collection for the Vonnegut fan who wants to understand the writer as he was, is, and will be.

  • Creators

  • Series

    Caedmon Essentials

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    November 28, 2006

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780061336249
      • File size: 36783 KB
      • Duration: 01:16:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      In three interviews with author Kurt Vonnegut--taped in 1971, 1983, and 2006--writer/interviewer Miller probes Vonnegut on the themes and theories behind some of his most popular works. Books discussed include THE SIRENS OF TITAN, SLAUGHTERHOUSE-FIVE, BETWEEN TIME AND TIMBUKTU, PALM SUNDAY, and A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY. Miller, apparently a friend of the author and a devotee (at one point, he dubs Vonnegut "the white knight of postmodern literature"), piles on the ponderous lit-crit queries and generally overreaches in an effort toward profundity. Vonnegut happily sidesteps the academic blather and, deft and plainspoken as always, delivers his unique brand of humor-laced cynicism with freshness and charm. M.G. (c) AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine
    • Library Journal

      November 1, 2007
      This audiobook contains three of the many radio interviews the late Vonnegut gave to literary critic Walter James Miller over several decades. The selection includes interviews recorded in 1971, 1983, and 2006, covering a broad span of the author's career and presenting his views on such works as "The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse-Five", and "A Man Without a Country". Vonnegut discusses his writing process, his thoughts on literature and the arts in general, and his own place in the literary canon. This rare opportunity to hear Vonnegut speak is recommended for all general collections. Whether it is accurate to call this CD "essential" or not, it would clearly make a meaty and worthwhile addition to any library's collection of Vonnegut books.R. Kent Rasmussen, Thousand Oaks, CA

      Copyright 2007 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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