Player Piano
The debut novel from the iconic author of Slaughterhouse-5
$21.25
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
7 March 2023
Summary
Kurt Vonnegut’s debut novel, Player Piano, announces his literary talents to the world. Published to coincide with this landmark author’s 100th birthday, the novel is the first of Vonnegut’s wildly funny and deadly serious works.
In Player Piano, automata have dramatically reduced the need for America’s workforce. Ten years after the introduction of these robot laborers, the only people still working are the engineers and their managers, who live in Ilium; everyone e…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784876715 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784876712 |
| Author: | Kurt Vonnegut |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 7 March 2023 |
| Weight: | 242g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 24mm |
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A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future
A funny, savage appraisal of a totally automated American society of the future * San Francisco Chronicle *The seeds of his [Vonnegut’s] trademarks are here: a satirical eye on the world and deep love for humanity * The Times *
About The Author
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922 and studied biochemistry at Cornell University. An army intelligence scout during the Second World War, he was captured by the Germans and witnessed the destruction of Dresden by Allied bombers, an experience which inspired his classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five. After the war he worked as a police reporter, an advertising copywriter and a public relations man for General Electric. His first novel Player Piano (1952) achieved underground success. Cat’s Cradle (1963) was hailed by Graham Greene as ‘one of the best novels of the year by one of the ablest living authors’. His eighth book, Slaughterhouse-Five was published in 1969 and was a literary and commercial success, and was made into a film in 1972. Vonnegut is the author of thirteen other novels, three collections of stories and five non-fiction books. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007.
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