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Author Roston, Tom, author.

Title The writer's crusade : Kurt Vonnegut and the many lives of Slaughterhouse-five / Tom Roston.

Publication Info. New York : Abrams Press, 2021.
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 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  813.54 V896Dr 2021    ---  Available
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Description x, 260 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Contents Kurt Vonnegut, Nazi slayer! -- Slaughterhouse-five and the PTSD prism -- The road to Dresden -- Onwards and upwards -- Writing Slaughterhouse-five, or, This lousy little book -- A reading of Slaughterhouse-five, or, Stopping a glacier -- What really happened to Vonnegut in World War II, or, The war parts, anyway -- A history of war trauma -- A PTSD primer and an infinite jester -- What's wrong with Billy? -- Diagnosing Mr. Vonnegut -- Kurt, after the crusade -- Slaughterhouse-five's place in history (despite that whole timelessness thing) -- One last joke -- Author note -- A non-Tralfamadorian timeline of Vonnegut's life.
Summary "In The Writer's Crusade, author Tom Roston examines the connection between Vonnegut's life and Slaughterhouse-Five. Did Vonnegut suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder? Did Billy Pilgrim? Roston probes Vonnegut's work, his personal history, and discarded drafts of the novel, as well as original interviews with the writer's family, friends, scholars, psychologists, and other novelists including Karl Marlantes, Kevin Powers, and Tim O'Brien. The Writer's Crusade is a literary and biographical journey that asks fundamental questions about trauma, creativity, and the power of storytelling."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-252) and index.
Subject Vonnegut, Kurt. Slaughterhouse-five.
Vonnegut, Kurt -- Appreciation.
Post-traumatic stress disorder in literature.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Vonnegut, Kurt. (OCoLC)fst00036929
Slaughterhouse-five (Vonnegut, Kurt) (OCoLC)fst01360103
Art appreciation. (OCoLC)fst00815447
Authors, American. (OCoLC)fst00821764
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Literary criticism.
Biographies.
Added Title Kurt Vonnegut and the many lives of Slaughterhouse-five
ISBN 9781419744891 (hardcover)
1419744895 (hardcover)
9781683359241 (ebook)

 
    
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