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Kurt Vonnegut

* November 11, 1922 in United States - † April 11, 2007 in United States
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“[Vonnegut] at his wildest best.”—The New York Times Book ReviewEliot Rosewater—drunk, volunteer fireman, and President of the fabulously rich Rosewater Foundation—is about to attempt a noble experiment with human nature . . . with a little help from writer Kilgore Trout. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is Kurt …

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Welcome to the Monkey House is an assortment of short stories written by Kurt Vonnegut, first published in August 1968. The stories range from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers, given with satire and Vonnegut's unique edge. The stories are often inter-twined and convey the same underlying messages on human nature …

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“Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist.”—TimeMother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? …

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Galápagos takes the reader back one million years, to A.D. 1986. A simple vacation cruise suddenly becomes an evolutionary journey. Thanks to an apocalypse, a small group of survivors stranded on the Galápagos Islands are about to become the progenitors of a brave, new, and totally different human race. In this …

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Les Sirènes de Titan est un roman de Kurt Vonnegut publié en 1959. Il est difficilement classable, même s'il reprend, en les subvertissant, beaucoup des thèmes de la science-fiction « classique ».

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“Marvelous . . . [Vonnegut] wheels out all the complaints about America and makes them seem fresh, funny, outrageous, hateful and lovable.”—The New York TimesIn Breakfast of Champions, one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved characters, the aging writer Kilgore Trout, finds to his horror that a Midwest car dealer is …

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Le Berceau du chat est un roman de science-fiction, écrit en 1963 par Kurt Vonnegut. Ce livre est un hommage à la stupidité et la naïveté humaine.

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Abattoir 5 ou la Croisade des enfants est un roman de science-fiction de l'écrivain américain Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., paru en 1969.