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Welcome to the Monkey House
Written by Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by David Strathairn and Maria Tucci
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- HarperAudio
- Released:
- May 23, 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780061135194
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- Audiobook
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Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist"* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, "one of the best living American writers."
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, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
*The New York Times
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Welcome to the Monkey House
Written by Kurt Vonnegut
Narrated by David Strathairn and Maria Tucci
Description
Kurt Vonnegut is a master of contemporary American Literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Siren's of Titan in 1959 and established him as "a true artist"* with Cat's Cradle in 1963. He is, as Graham Greene has declared, "one of the best living American writers."
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, what these superb stories share is Vonnegut's audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision.
*The New York Times
- Publisher:
- HarperAudio
- Released:
- May 23, 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780061135194
- Format:
- Audiobook
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As with short story collections, I didn't like all of them, and I loved some of them. I feel as though some of the stories were a bit same-y, although that was perhaps due to how they were collated, and not necessarily anyone's fault. I'm not sure.
The writing, though. The writing is beautiful and melancholy and wonderful and sometimes bitter and hopeful and cheeky. He's a man against the American dream who loves America, I think, but that's just an opinion.
But most of all I think I loved the way I didn't know how a lot of his short stories were going to end. Were they going to be happy, or sad, or a mix of both? The perfect blend of bittersweetness that I feel Vonnegut crafts so well, and something I love him for.
I loved this short story collection, but since I didn't love every single story I can only give it 4 starts. Maybe 4.5, but then, who really needs a rating?
I look forward to reading so much more of him in the future. c:
But my FAVORITE story is, without a doubt, the story of Einstein's intelligence machine. After tested out on his dog, him and a neighbor discover dogs are FAR more intelligent than humans. After the dog, Sparky, exchanges Einstein's silence on the matter for the right filament for a light bulb, Sparky is brutally killed by the dogs who were listening outside.
Good stuff.