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Slaughterhouse-Five Review. Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the most important novels of the 20th century. Written by Kurt Vonnegut and based around his experiences in the Second World War, the novel explores the effects of war and how impossible it is to stop.
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Mar 6, 2019 · The novelist and Iraq war veteran Kevin Powers makes the case for the enduring influence of Kurt Vonnegut’s famous novel about the lasting trauma of war.
Jun 13, 2019 · Salman Rushdie on what the books “Slaughterhouse-Five,” by Kurt Vonnegut, “Catch-22,” by Joseph Heller, and others tell us about the nature of war and humanity.
An instant bestseller, Slaughterhouse-Five made Kurt Vonnegut a cult hero in American literature, a reputation that only strengthened over time, despite his being banned and censored by some libraries and schools for content and language.
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Vonnegut's time-travel classic makes strong anti-war case. Read Common Sense Media's Slaughterhouse-Five review, age rating, and parents guide.
82% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 68% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings From his home in Ilium, N.Y., optometrist Billy Pilgrim (Michael Sacks) narrates the tale of how he came to be "unstuck in time ...
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Nov 11, 2020 · A little over a half century ago, Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five—a darkly comic, throughly batshit, semi-autobiographical anti-war novel about a fatalistic young American soldier who survives the firebombing of Dresden and becomes “unstuck in time”—exploded onto the literary scene.
