description:  In the tradition of Mark Twain &amp; Will Rogers, A Man Without a Country is Kurt Vonnegut's hilariously funny &amp; razor-sharp look at life ("If I die-God forbid-I would like to go to heaven to ask somebody in charge up there, 'Hey, what was the good news &amp; what was the bad news?'"), art ("To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it."), politics ("I asked former Yankees pitcher Jim Bouton what he thought of our great victory over Iraq &amp; he said, 'Mohammed Ali versus Mr. Rogers.'") &amp; the condition of the soul of America today ("What has happened to us?"). Gleaned from short essays &amp; speeches composed over the last five years &amp; plentifully illustrated with artwork by the author, A Man Without a Country gives us Vonnegut both speaking out with indignation &amp; writing tenderly to his fellow Americans, sometimes joking, at other times hopeless, always searching. Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on 11.11.1922. His novels include Cat's Cradle &amp; Slaughterhouse Five. Small books appearing from Seven Stories Press in recent years include God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian &amp;, with Lee Stringer, Like Shaking Hands with God, a book about writing. His most recent novel is Timequake ('97). He writes regularly for the Chicago political magazine In These Times. His editor there, Joel Bleifuss, helped to compile the present volume. In addition to his writing work, Vonnegut is a visual artist of note. His paintings &amp; prints can be seen at www.vonnegut.com. He lives with his wife, the photographer Jill Kremnentz, in New York City.
language: English
title: A Man Without a Country
titlecomplete: A Man Without a Country
genres: Biography, American, Politics, Philosophy, Memoir, Nonfiction, Humor, Literature, Essays, Classics
ratings_count: 44982
publisher: Easton Press 2005 2006