{"product_id":"bluebeard-kurt-vonnegut","title":"Bluebeard (Kurt Vonnegut)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e Ranks with Vonnegut s best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction.  \u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal and Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBroad humor and bitter irony collide in this fictional autobiography of Rabo Karabekian, who, at age seventy-one, wants to be left alone on his Long Island estate with the secret he has locked inside his potato barn. But then a voluptuous young widow badgers Rabo into telling his life story and Vonnegut in turn tells us the plain, heart-hammering truth about man s careless fancy to create or destroy what he loves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eBluebeard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Vonnegut is at his edifying best. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Philadelphia Inquirer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Cincinnati Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e [Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It has the qualities of classic Bosch and \u003ci\u003eSlaughterhouse\u003c\/i\u003e Vonnegut. . . . \u003ci\u003eBluebeard\u003c\/i\u003e is uncommonly feisty. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Is Bluebeard good? Yes! . . . This is vintage Vonnegut good wine from his best grapes. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Detroit News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eKansas City Star\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e s humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America s attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ein 1959 and established him as  a true artist  (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) with\u003ci\u003e Cat s Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ein 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared,  one of the best living American writers.  Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63399434584413,"sku":"K021262131","price":14.3,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/219193-2126213100001A.jpg?v=1770900151","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/bluebeard-kurt-vonnegut","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}