Welcome to the Monkey House

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780440594345
Category : Science fiction, American
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description
Tender stories of love, incisive essays on human greed and misery, and imaginative tales of futuristic happenings reveal Vonnegut's versatility and vision.

Welcome to the Monkey House

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307423441
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 354

Book Description
“[Kurt Vonnegut] strips the flesh from bone and makes you laugh while he does it. . . . There are twenty-five stories here, and each hits a nerve ending.”—The Charlotte Observer Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?” “Welcome to the Monkey House” “Long Walk to Forever” “The Foster Portfolio” “Miss Temptation” “All the King’s Horses” “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog” “New Dictionary” “Next Door” “More Stately Mansions” “The Hyannis Port Story” “D.P.” “Report on the Barnhouse Effect” “The Euphio Question” “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son” “Deer in the Works” “The Lie” “Unready to Wear” “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” “The Manned Missiles” “Epicac” “Adam” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

Who Am I this Time?

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN: 0822227622
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 65

Book Description
The subject of this play—as we are told at the outset—is love, pure and complicated. Set on the stage of The North Crawford Mask & Wig Club ("the finest community theatre in central Connecticut!"), three early comic masterpieces by Kurt Vonnegut (Long Walk to Forever, Who am I This Time? and Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son) are sewn together into a seamless evening of hilarity and humanity. With a single set, wonderful roles for seven versatile actors, and Vonnegut's singular wit and insight into human foibles, this is a smart, delightful comedy for the whole family.

Miss Temptation

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871293343
Category : American drama
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
"Miss Temptation (Susanna) is beautiful, exciting and every man's dream. To those who gather in the country store to see her make her daily "entrance," she brings a rainbow to a dreary world. Unexpectedly a young man explodes at her in an angry tirade, giving voice to his personal feelings of insecurity around beautiful women. His hostility really disturbs Susanna and disrupts her life. Then, with brilliant Vonnegut insight, the two young people work it out in a moment of theatrical enchantment."--Publisher description.

Palm Sunday

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0307568067
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 322

Book Description
“[Kurt Vonnegut] is either the funniest serious writer around or the most serious funny writer.”—Los Angeles Times Book Review In this self-portrait by an American genius, Kurt Vonnegut writes with beguiling wit and poignant wisdom about his favorite comedians, country music, a dead friend, a dead marriage, and various cockamamie aspects of his all-too-human journey through life. This is a work that resonates with Vonnegut’s singular voice: the magic sound of a born storyteller mesmerizing us with truth. “Vonnegut is at the top of his form, and it is wonderful.”—Newsday

Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition

Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Publisher: Dial Press
ISBN: 0812993616
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 375

Book Description
Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table,” noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut’s process as the author struggles—false start after false start—to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories. The result is the rare chance to watch a great writer hone his craft in real time. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?” “Welcome to the Monkey House” “Long Walk to Forever” “The Foster Portfolio” “Miss Temptation” “All the King’s Horses” “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog” “New Dictionary” “Next Door” “More Stately Mansions” “The Hyannis Port Story” “D.P.” “Report on the Barnhouse Effect” “The Euphio Question” “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son” “Deer in the Works” “The Lie” “Unready to Wear” “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” “The Manned Missiles” “Epicac” “Adam” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.'s Welcome to the Monkey House

Author: Christopher Sergel
Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
ISBN: 9780871295750
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 104

Book Description

Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut

Author: Susan Farrell
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143810023X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 545

Book Description
Kurt Vonnegut is one of the most popular and admired authors of post-war American literaturefamous both for his playful and deceptively simple style as well as for his scathing critiques of social injustice and war. Criti.

Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds

Author: Dawn B. Sova
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 0816071500
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 401

Book Description
Literature Suppressed on Social Grounds, Revised Edition discusses writings that have been banned over the centuries because they offended or merely ignored official truths; challenged widely held assumptions; or contained ideas or language unacceptable to a state, religious institution, or private moral watchdog. The entries new to this edition include the Captain Underpants series, We All Fall Down by Robert Cormier, and Jake and Honeybunch Go to Heaven by Margaret Zemach. Also included are updates to the censorship histories of such books as To Kill a Mockingbird and Of Mice and Men.

At Millennium's End

Author: Kevin Alexander Boon
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791449301
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 220

Book Description
Collected essays by noted scholars covering the breadth and influence of Kurt Vonnegut's literature.