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| Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death | 
 enlarge | Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 1493
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 176
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 0099800209
EAN: 9780099800200
ASIN: 0099800209
Publication Date: October 17, 1991
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Different cover, 18th reprint of 1991 edition, Minor wear to edges and corners, uncreased spine, mild discolouring, smooth, tight and tidy
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It took Vonnegut more than 20 years to put his Dresden experiences into words. He explained, "there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again." Slaughterhouse Five is a powerful novel incorporating a number of genres. Only those who have fought in wars can say whether it represents the experience well. However, what the novel does do is invite the reader to look at the absurdity of war. Human versus human, hedonist politicians pressing buttons and ordering millions to their deaths all for ideologies many cannot even comprehend. Flicking between the US, 1940's Germany and Tralfamadore, Vonnegut's semi- autobiographical protagonist Billy Pilgrim finds himself very lost. One minute he is being viewed as a specimen in a Tralfamadorian Zoo, the next he is wandering a post-apocalyptic city looking for corpses. Slaughterhouse Five-Or The Children's Crusade A Duty-Dance with Death is a remarkable blend of black humour, irony, the truth and the absurd. The author regards his work a "failure", millions of readers do not. Released the same time bombs were falling on South East Asia, this title caused controversy and awakening. Essential reading for all. So it goes. --Jon Smith
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 The Chosen One November 10, 2008
I have recently embarked on a quest to read the fifty great American novels. (I'm on book thirty one) Slaughtehouse 5 was in good company - Portnoy's Complaint, Rabbit Run, In Cold Blood, Bonfire of the Vanities, The New York Trilogy, The Secret History, to name a few - but it emerged as the standout novel. It is a wondrous piece of storytelling and I can't wait to finish my quest (nineteen to go) so that I can return to Kurt Vonnegut and read everything he has written. He's the one!
 Why all the fuss? November 7, 2008
I bought this book on the basis of the rave reviews. I wish I hadn't. Although it is short I couldn't force myself to get past half-way - if there is something clever or entertaining about this book it went straight over my head.
Realities of War April 25, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
Catch 22 exposes the ruthless realities of war and subsequently the harsh realities of life, as the novel depicts war as a microcosm of life itself. By doing this Heller are showing to the reader that war is just as inevitable as life itself and that life is sometimes as harsh and unyielding as war.
Mustard Gas & Roses Indeed... February 24, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
As someone currently living in Dresden, I always suggest visitors read this novel before coming for a visit. This city has many scars still to show from the bombings and subsequent fires, but for getting to the heart of what happened here... the true scope & terror of it... I feel nothing compares to Slaughterhouse 5.
As if that weren't enough, Vonnegut intersperses fact with fiction, history with humor, and the results are sublime. If you're not a fan going in, I bet you will be coming out.
 Didn't Live up to Expectation November 25, 2007
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
It bored me half to death. Slow moving, uninteresting, frustrating and somewhat confusing. Would have been better if the writer had stuck to one plot. Only worth reading to say you've read it.
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