커트 보네거트  | Vintage Uk

27,300원  | 20240404  | 9781784879693

 | Vintage Books

26,620원  | 20190328  | 9781784874858

50th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITIONAs a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens. For many years, Kurt tried to write about Dresden but the words would not come.

Vonnegut , Kurt  | Vintage

13,670원  | 19911017  | 9780099800200

Read Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. ‘An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist’ New York Times Book ReviewBilly Pilgrim – hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier – has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out?Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. ‘The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.’ George Saunders

커트 보네거트  | Vintage Uk

14,900원  | 20221103  | 9781784876715

A fascinating journey through Goethe's world of colour, explaining phenomena such as polarisation colours and coloured shadows. This is a lavishly illustrated book and is essential reading for anyone intrigued by light and colour.

F Scott Fitzgerald  | Vintage Uk

13,610원  | 20221006  | 9781784877088

When Mina starts kindergarten in her new country the only word she understands is her name. As her understanding steadily grows, Mina realises this new language now belongs to her. A vibrant and heartfelt exploration of a migrant experience.

커트 보니것  | Dell

7,000원  | 19911101  | 9780440180296

전보문 형식으로 쓴 정신분열성 소설. 이 책의 원제는 제목 그대로 ‘제5도살장(Slaughterhouse-Five)’이다. 나치독일은 적군 가운데서도 특히 러시아인들을 사람 이하로 봤는지 러시아 포로들을 대량 살육할 목적으로 대단위 수용소를 짓는데, 포로가 된 주인공 빌리 일행이 임시로 그곳에 거처한다. 독일군 감시자는 그곳의 주소를“슐라흐토프-퓐프”, 즉 다섯번째 도살장이라고 일러준다. 저자는 도입부에 자기소개 겸 이 소설에 대해 이렇게 밝히고 있다. “(…) 아주 오래전 미국 보병대의 낙오병으로서, 전쟁포로로서 엘베 강...