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While Mortals Sleep

by Kurt Vonnegut

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While Mortals Sleep

Like a present left behind by a departed loved one, While Mortals Sleep bestows upon us a shimmering Kurt Vonnegut gift: a whip-smart, whimsical and strangely poignant collection of 16 previously unpublished short stories written at the very beginning of his career. His world is, as always, a deliriously cruel and comically indifferent landscape full of factories, trailers and bars. The highlights here are many.

In one especially memorable tale, an ambitious builder of roads, who commands an army of bulldozers and asphalt spreaders, fritters away all his free time with toy trains…until the women in his life decide to intervene. In another, a young stenographer working in a soulless office receives a message from a criminal who presents her with a strange—and thrilling—proposition. Yet another involves a newspaperman who’s forced onto a committee to judge Christmas displays—a job that leads him to a suspiciously ostentatious ex-con… and then a miracle!

Beautifully showcasing the late Vonnegut’s storytelling genius while it was still in its formative stage, this wonderful collection of stories is a poignant reflection of our world that’s not to be missed.

Softcover : 272 pages

Publisher: Delacorte Press/ Div. of Random House ( February 01, 2011 )

Item #: 13-441118

ISBN: 9781617930881

Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 8.25 x 0.68inches

Product Weight: 9.0 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

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