Matadero cinco: La cruzada de los niños / Slaughterhouse-Five (Spanish Edition)
Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
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Does anyone feel like you've read one Vonnegut you can guess what the rest are about? I have read several and I have noticed there is always some reference to Hitler, a hotel and someone that comes from a strange family.
This was my Big Damn Classic of 2018 and it was a very good pick! Thanks, voters!
This is a semi-autobiographical novel from Vonnegut (a native Hoosier) and it is rooted in the bombing of Dresden. I forget which novel introduced me to Dresden but, prior to that novel, I had not heard of the bombing. Why is this? This had more casualties than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So why is it lost in history? Dresden was one of the few cities that escaped damage...read more
This is a semi-autobiographical novel from Vonnegut (a native Hoosier) and it is rooted in the bombing of Dresden. I forget which novel introduced me to Dresden but, prior to that novel, I had not heard of the bombing. Why is this? This had more casualties than Hiroshima and Nagasaki. So why is it lost in history? Dresden was one of the few cities that escaped damage...read more
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