Novels 1987-1997 : Bluebeard ; Hocus Pocus ; Timequake.
Novels 1987-1997 : Bluebeard ; Hocus Pocus ; Timequake.
By
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Vonnegut, Kurt, 1922-2007.
Publication Information
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c2016.
Volume
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273
Subject Term
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Artists -- Fiction.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 -- Fiction.
Prisoners -- Fiction.
Genre
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Science fiction.
Series
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LIBRARY OF AMERICA ;
Contents
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Bluebeard -- Hocus Pocus -- Timequake.
Summary
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The final three novels of the visionary master who defined a generation. Bluebeard (1987) is the colorful history of a phenomenally gifted realist painter who, in the 1950s, betrayed his artistic vision for commercial success. Now, at seventy-one, he writes his memoirs and plots his revenge on the worldly forces that conspired to corrupt his talent. In Hocus Pocus (1990), a freewheeling prison memoir by a Vietnam vet and disgraced academic, Vonnegut brings his indelible voice to a range of still-burning issues--free speech, racism, environmental calamity, deindustrialization, and globalization. Timequake (1997), the author's last completed novel, is part science fiction yarn (starring perennial protagonist Kilgore Trout), part diary of the mid-1990s (starring the author himself). The result is a perfect fusion of Vonnegut's two signature genres, the satirical fantasy and the personal essay, and a literary magician's fond farewell to his readers and his craft.
Language
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English
ISBN
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9781598534641
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number | Copy | Status |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH) | ADULT FIC - BASEMENT | Adult Fiction - Basement | FIC VON | v. 273 | Checked In |