{"product_id":"fates-worse-than-death-isbn-9780425134061","title":"Fates Worse Than Death","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e“An anthology in which Vonnegut freely quotes himself on everything from art and architecture to madness and mass murder...Uncompromising.”—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Honest and scarily funny, and it offers a rare insight into an author who has customarily hidden his heart.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHere we have a collection of essays and speeches by me, with breezy autobiographical commentary serving as connective tissue and splints and bandages. Here we go again with real life and opinions made to look like one big, preposterous animal not unlike an invention by Dr. Seuss...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e —Kurt Vonnegut, from \u003ci\u003eFates Worse Than Death \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Kurt Vonnegut and \u003ci\u003eFates Worse Than Death\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mr. Vonnegut is perhaps more intimate with the reader than ever.”—\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An often insightful and always funny self-portrait that may be as much of an autobiography as we will ever get from Vonnegut.”—\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The kindred spirit of Mark Twain harpoons humanity with howling assessments...Vonnegut's genius for satire continues to shine.”—\u003ci\u003eNashville Banner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mordantly funny...highly entertaining.”—\u003ci\u003eNew York Newsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eKurt Vonnegut\u003c\/b\u003e was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America’s attention in \u003ci\u003eThe Sirens of Titan\u003c\/i\u003e in 1959 and established him, in the words of \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, as “a true artist” with the publication of \u003ci\u003eCat’s Cradle\u003c\/i\u003e in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, “one of the best living American writers.” Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.","brand":"Berkley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304101630181,"sku":"NP9780425134061","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780425134061.jpg?v=1767726770","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/fates-worse-than-death-isbn-9780425134061","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}