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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-10038533351X
ISBN-139780385333511
eBay Product ID (ePID)19038297466
Product Key Features
Book TitleBluebeard : a Novel
Number of Pages336 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicPsychological, Literary, Humorous / General
Publication Year1998
GenreFiction
AuthorKurt Vonnegut
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight8.4 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"Ranks with Vonnegut's best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction."- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution "Vonnegut is at his edifying best."- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist. "- Time, "Ranks with Vonnegut's best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction."-- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution "Vonnegut is at his edifying best."-- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist. "-- Time, “Ranks with Vonnegut’s best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction.�- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution “Vonnegut is at his edifying best.�- The Philadelphia Inquirer “Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist. �- Time, "Ranks with Vonnegut's best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction."-The Atlanta Journal and Constitution "Vonnegut is at his edifying best."-The Philadelphia Inquirer "Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr. Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer . . . a zany but moral mad scientist. "-Time
Synopsis"Ranks with Vonnegut's best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction."-- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution 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. Praise for Bluebeard "Vonnegut is at his edifying best." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents--satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions." -- The Cincinnati Post "[Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric." -- San Francisco Chronicle "It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut. . . . Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty." -- USA Today "Is Bluebeard good? Yes! . . . This is vintage Vonnegut--good wine from his best grapes." -- The Detroit News "A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives." -- Kansas City Star, "Ranks with Vonnegut's best and goes one step beyond . . . joyous, soaring fiction."-- The Atlanta Journal and Constitution 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. Praise for Bluebeard "Vonnegut is at his edifying best." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "The quicksilver mind of Vonnegut is at it again. . . . He displays all his talents--satire, irony, ridicule, slapstick, and even a shaggy dog story of epic proportions." -- The Cincinnati Post " Kurt Vonnegut is] a voice you can trust to keep poking holes in the social fabric." -- San Francisco Chronicle "It has the qualities of classic Bosch and Slaughterhouse Vonnegut. . . . Bluebeard is uncommonly feisty." -- USA Today "Is Bluebeard good? Yes . . . This is vintage Vonnegut--good wine from his best grapes." -- The Detroit News "A joyride . . . Vonnegut is more fascinated and puzzled than angered by the human stupidities and contradictions he discerns so keenly. So hop in his rumble seat. As you whiz along, what you observe may provide some new perspectives." -- Kansas City Star