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Slapstick or Lonesome No More!
de Kurt Vonnegut
- Usado
- Bien
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Bien/Good
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York, NY: Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, 1976 Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence, New York. 1976. Hardcover. Book Club Edition; DJ is not priced but the copyright page states 2nd Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Good; faded top textblock tint; light shelfwear; tarnished titles on spine; light soiling to textblock; slight mottling to the boards. DJ: Good +; light soiling to front panel and spine; chipping to head; closed tears along top edge. Blue cloth boards and spine with silver and red lettering on the spine; signature on front board in silver. Red endpapers. 243 pp 8vo. This book presents an apocalyptic vision of the world as seen through the eyes of the current King of Manhattan (and last President of the United States). It is a wickedly irreverent look at the all-too-possible results of today’s follies. But even the end of life-as-we-know-it is transformed by Kurt Vonnegut’s pen into hilarious farce—a final slapstick that may be the Almighty’s joke on us all. A presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
Sinopsis
The book explores one of Vonnegut's favorite recurring themes, which is his belief in our need to belong extended families and how they would be an adequate, larger and more useful substitute for biological ones. The most endearing section of the novel, in my opinion, lies in its introduction, where Vonnegut candidly describes his beloved sister's death, which took place shortly after she had learnt of a train accident where her husband and children had been killed. As for the novel's plot, it follows the relationship of a boy and his sister who grow up together in isolation from the outside world because of their unsightliness. The boy turns out to be seen as more presentable and is separated from his sister, who grows to resent him for his seemingly desertion. Through some twists and turns they successively reunite and separate and after a major catastrophe, the boy becomes president of the United States, his campaign being centered on the formation of extended families on a grand scale.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 013973
- Título
- Slapstick or Lonesome No More!
- Autor
- Kurt Vonnegut
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bien
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- Book Club Edition
- Editorial
- Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
- Lugar de publicación
- New York, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1976
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- humor, Manhattan NY, apocalyptic world, Dr. Bernard Vonnegut, Alex Vonnegut, Empire State Building, Dr. Wilbur Daffodil-11 Swain, So You Went and Had a Baby, Lonesome No More!, President of the United States, Louisiana Purchase, King of Michigan, Stewart
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Historical Fiction;
Términos de venta
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
