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Bagombo Snuff Box - by Kurt Vonnegut (Paperback)

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Highlights

  • From the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions comes a compilation of twenty-three never-before-collected short stories.
  • About the Author: Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature.
  • 384 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Short Stories (single author)

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About the Book



""Bagombo Snuff Box" resurrects Vonnegut's earliest efforts, stories written during the 50s and 60s, for such popular venues as "The Saturday Evening Post" and "Collier". . . . Unabashedly fablelike they can be either sly or sweet, sentimental or vaudevillian, but all are quietly subversive".--"Booklist". Includes an Introduction by the author.



Book Synopsis



From the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, and Breakfast of Champions comes a compilation of twenty-three never-before-collected short stories.

These vignettes of American life draw on Kurt Vonnegut's World War 2 experiences and the resolute optimism of the country after the war. Together, they present a poignant and humorous portrayal of an America peopled with overzealous high school band directors and their students, rebellious housewives, and boasting salesmen, soldiers misplaced during the war and people lost in their own gadget-filled homes.

In an era before television, Kurt Vonnegut found a ready and willing audience in the readers of such magazines as Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Argosy, and Redbook. These rare, rediscovered tales gives us a glimpse into a more innocent America--and into the developing genius of one of the greatest writers of our time.



From the Back Cover



From the acclaimed author of Slaughterhouse-Five, Cat's Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Timequake comes this new compilation of short fiction, twenty-three previously uncollected stories. These vignettes of American life draw on Kurt Vonnegut's World War Two experiences and the resolute optimism of the country after the war. Together, they present a poignant and humorous portrayal of an America peopled with overzealous high school band directors and their students ("Ambitious Sophomore"), rebellious housewives ("Custom-Made Bride") and boasting salesmen ("Bagombo Snuff Box"), soldiers misplaced during the war ("Der Arme Dolmetscher") and people lost in their own gadget-filled homes ("The Package").

In an era before television, Kurt Vonnegut found a ready and willing audience in the readers of such magazines as Collier's, The Saturday Evening Post, Cosmopolitan, Argosy, and Redbook. These rare, rediscovered tales give us a glimpse into a more innocent America -- and into the developing genius of one of the greatest writers of our time.



Review Quotes




Praise for Bagombo Snuff Box

"These tales are worth reading; with the other early stories in Welcome to the Monkey House, they provide fans with the complete test-tube Vonnegut."--Entertainment Weekly

"The stories...are snappy and often humorous, gentle even when sad. Some have trick endings--the early Vonnegut, he tells us, was an admirer of O. Henry. Most have morals. And the characters know what the morals are; the willingness of even the pretentious and deluded among them to learn from their comeuppances reflects a kind of optimism we dont' expect from the author of Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's Cradle."--Los Angeles Times

"An on-target, satisfying collection of quirky plot lines and rapidly developed characters who usually manage to rise above their ordinary stations and predicaments."--Chicago Tribune



About the Author



Kurt Vonnegut was a master of contemporary American literature. His black humor, satiric voice, and incomparable imagination first captured America's attention in The Sirens of Titan in 1959 and established him, in the words of The New York Times, as "a true artist" with the publication of Cat's Cradle in 1963. He was, as Graham Greene declared, "one of the best living American writers." Mr. Vonnegut passed away in April 2007.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.96 Inches (H) x 5.14 Inches (W) x 1.1 Inches (D)
Weight: .66 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 384
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Short Stories (single author)
Publisher: Berkley Books
Format: Paperback
Author: Kurt Vonnegut
Language: English
Street Date: August 1, 2000
TCIN: 79255177
UPC: 9780425174463
Item Number (DPCI): 247-19-1186
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.1 inches length x 5.14 inches width x 7.96 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.66 pounds
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