Ač bývá Kurt Vonnegut často řazen ke spisovatelům sci-fi, dílo tohoto autora se jednoznačným škatulkám vzpírá - užívá sice některých prostředků či rekvizit vědeckofantastické literatury... Čítať ďalej
V této kouzelné směsici mini-vzpomínek odhalujeme jeho rodinný odkaz a jeho tvrdošíjný, nemoderní humanismus. Nová kniha Kurta Vonneguta se od těch dosavadních v mnohém liší (nejde o beletrii... Čítať ďalej
Jedna z kultových kníh slávneho amerického spisovateľa Kurta Vonneguta, kde vystupuje jeho alter ego - starnúci spisovateľ vedecko-fantastickej literatúry Kilgore Trout, ktorého tvorivý potenciál... Čítať ďalej
Kurt Vonnegut je jedinečný spisovateľ, ktorý mapuje neznáme krajiny a po novom pomenúva tie, ktoré už dobre poznáme. Jeho prvotina Mechanický klavír je mrazivým príbehom inžiniera Paula Protea... Čítať ďalej
Fiktivní autobiografická výpověď posledního amerického prezidentaWilbura Narcise-11 Swaina, který v Americe zpustošené narušením gravitace, rozdrobené na malé znepřátelené říše a vylidněné... Čítať ďalej
Eugene Debs Hartke, ex-Vietnam vet, ex-college professor, current inmate of Tarkington State Reformatory, awaits his trial and probable death from TB. How did he get there?
After the publication of his novel 'Slaughterhouse Five' brought him worldwide acclaim in 1969, Kurt Vonnegut became one of America's most popular graduation speakers. There were years when public speaking was his... Čítať ďalej
In a frolic of cartoon and comic outbursts against rule and reason, a miraculous weaving of science fiction, memoir, parable, fairy tale and farce, Kurt Vonnegut attacks the whole spectrum of American society, releasing... Čítať ďalej
Offers a collection of twelve writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards violence
Pay attention please to the life of Walter F Starbuck. 1913, gave him the gift of life. 1970, gave him a job in the Nixon White House. 1975, sent him to prison for his part in the 'Watergate' scandal. Now he is coming out of... Čítať ďalej
From riffs on country music, George Bush, and his mother's midnight mania, to a bittersweet tribute to a dead friend, this book demonstrates why Kurt Vonnegut is equally well known as an essayist and commentator as he... Čítať ďalej
Whilst awaiting trial for war crimes in an Israeli prison, Howard W Campbell Jr sets down his memoirs on an old German typewriter. He has used such a typewriter before, when he worked as a Nazi propagandist under Goebbels... Čítať ďalej
Dr Felix Hoenikker is the inventor of 'ice-nine', a lethal chemical capable of freezing the planet. The search for its whereabouts leads to Hoenikker's three ecentric children, to a crazed dictator in the Caribbean... Čítať ďalej
FROM THE ONE-OF-A-KIND IMAGINATION THAT BROUGHT US SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5 AND CAT'S CRADLE
'Kurt Vonnegut is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer' Los Angeles Times Book Review
An... Čítať ďalej
One of America's greatest writers gives us his unique perspective on our fears of nuclear annihilationExperiment.Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction preys... Čítať ďalej
From the author of Slaughterhouse 5.
In Rabo Karabekian's fictional autobiography, Vonnegut creates an impeccably funny satirical piece, through the reflections of a seventy-one-year-old man... Čítať ďalej
Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an irreverent and highly entertaining fantasy about the playful irresponsibility of nuclear scientists, beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range.
'All of... Čítať ďalej
