It's beginning to finally get cold on the east coast, which is when I stay inside and get a ton of reading done in my free time. Some great time can be spent on cold days chillen with a good book, some coffee and some herbals
We need some more literature discussions in here and I think this is a good topic to get out into the ether.
I've been a die hard Kurt Vonnegut fan since I discovered his stuff about 6 years ago. Own and have read just about everything he's ever written but am holding off on reading Sirens of Titan and Hocus Pocus until next Summer.
As far as my favorite, I'm torn between Cat's Cradle and Bluebeard
Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best.
Broad 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
I could list at least 5 others to argue as his best or my favorite, but that's not what this is for.
Who do you guys need to read obsessively and what are their pinnacle pieces of writing? I'm looking to expand my literature horizons and find another author as great as Vonnegut. Share your thoughts brehs/brehettes
We need some more literature discussions in here and I think this is a good topic to get out into the ether.
I've been a die hard Kurt Vonnegut fan since I discovered his stuff about 6 years ago. Own and have read just about everything he's ever written but am holding off on reading Sirens of Titan and Hocus Pocus until next Summer.
As far as my favorite, I'm torn between Cat's Cradle and Bluebeard
Cat’s Cradle is Kurt Vonnegut’s satirical commentary on modern man and his madness. An apocalyptic tale of this planet’s ultimate fate, it features a midget as the protagonist, a complete, original theology created by a calypso singer, and a vision of the future that is at once blackly fatalistic and hilariously funny. A book that left an indelible mark on an entire generation of readers, Cat’s Cradle is one of the twentieth century’s most important works—and Vonnegut at his very best.
Broad 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
I could list at least 5 others to argue as his best or my favorite, but that's not what this is for.
Who do you guys need to read obsessively and what are their pinnacle pieces of writing? I'm looking to expand my literature horizons and find another author as great as Vonnegut. Share your thoughts brehs/brehettes
. I'll have to check this out breh
